BM 141539 Fa 88
By kind permission of British Museum
- By kind permission of British Museum
- Fakhry 1952: pl. L/A
Image free from copyright - Fakhry 1952: i, 113, fig. 61
Image free from copyright
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 2.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
GENERAL NOTES
| Dating this inscription to period B is hypothetical, it could also be assigned to the C period. |
TEXT
1 Rznm bn S¹frm ʿbd bn Mqrm
2 hqny ʾlmqh mṯln ḏ-s¹twkl-hw
3 l-wfy bn-hw ʾrzn w-l ḏt ys³fn-hw
4 ʾlmqh ʾwldm ʾḏkrwm hnʾn b-ʾlmqh
| 4 | ʾḏkrwm is the plural attested in the period B, in the period D we have ʾḏkrm. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Rznm, son of S¹frm, subject of banū Mqrm 2 dedicated to ʾlmqh the image which sought the favour from Him 3 for the well being of his son ʾrzn and in order that ʾlmqh increases to him 4 male and healthy children. For ʾlmqh. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | London, The British Museum, BM 141539=1985,0223.8 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription (mṯl) |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 16.1, w. 39.5, th. 9.5 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maʾrib |
| Ancient site | Mryb / Mrb |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Notes | Reemployed in a building of the government. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Fakhry 1952: i, 113 n. 137, fig. 61; iii pl. L/A | Fakhry, Ahmed 1952. An archaeological Journey to Yemen (March-May 1947). (3 vols), Cairo: Government Press. |
| Ryckmans, Gonzague 1952: ii, 58 | Ryckmans, Gonzague 1952. Epigraphical texts. Ahmed Fakhry, An archaeological Journey to Yemen (March-May 1947). ii. Cairo: Government Press. |