Ja 705 MaMB 155
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 27
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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 | 3 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 ʾlw(hb)[ ... ... ](m) w-ʾws¹ʿṯt( )bn—
2 w ʿblm hqnyw ʾlmqh bʿ—
3 l ʾwm ṣlmn ḏ-ḏhbn l-wf—
4 y bn-hmw Ḍbʿn ḏ-s¹my ʾlmq—
5 h ʾws¹ʾl bn ʿblm w-l ws³f-
6 hmw ʾlmqh w-bn-hmw ʾw—
7 s¹ʾl ʾwldm w-qnym b-ʿṯtr
8 w-b ʾlmqh
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾlwhb[ ... ...]m and ʾws¹ʿṯt 2 of the family ʿblm, dedicated to ʾlmqh, Lord 3 of ʾwm, the statue in bronze for the safety 4 of their son Ḍbʿn, whom ʾlmqh caused 5 ʾws¹ʾl, of the family ʿblm, to name so; and may 6 ʾlmqh add to them and to their son ʾws¹ʾl children and properties. By ʿṯtr 7 and by ʾlmqh. |
| 4-5 | Jamme: "of their son Ḍbʿn whom ʾlmqh has named ʾws¹ʾl". |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Mārib |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 28.2, w. 37.6, th. 15 |
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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: 195, pl. 27 | 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. |
| Ryckmans, Jacques 1981 c: 288-290 | Ryckmans, Jacques 1981. Un parallèle sud-arabe à l'imposition du nom de Jean-Baptiste et de Jésus. Pages 283-294 in Roswitha G. Stiegner (ed.). al-Hudhud. Festschrift Maria Höfner zum 80. Geburtstag. Graz: Karl-Franzens-Universität. |
| Jamme 1982: 7-16 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1982. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe XII. Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A204548#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed] |