Ja 637 MaMB 60
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 14
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 2.7 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 Ẓbnm ʾṯqf bn Ḥl(ḥ)—
2 lm hqny ʾlmqh Ṯhw—
3 n bʿl-ʾwm ṣlmn ḏ-ḏhb—
4 n bn ġnm-hmw bn hgrn S²—
5 (b)wt b-kn s²wʿw mrʾ-hmw
6 (S²)[ʿ](r)m ʾwtr mlk S¹bʾ [w]-(ḏ)-
7 [Rydn bn ʿlhn Nhfn ml]—
8 [k S¹bʾ ... ...]
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Ẓbnm ʾṯqf of Ḥlḥlm 2 dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, 3 Lord of ʾwm, the statue in bronze 4 from their booty from the city of 5 S²bwt, when they served their lord 6 S²ʿrm ʾwtr king of Sabaʾ and 7 ḏu-Raydān, son of ʿlhn Nhfn, king 8 of Sabaʾ [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Mārib |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 18, w. 28.2, th. 34.1 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maḥram Bilqīs |
| Ancient site | ʾwm |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl ʾwm |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1962 a: 139, pl. 14 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1962. Sabaean Inscriptions from Maḥram Bilqîs (Mârib). (Publications of the American Foundation for the Study of Man, 3). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press. |