CIAS 39.11/o 6 n° 11 Ja 2108
By kind permission of GOAM
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 |
TEXT
1 (Ḥ)fnm w-bn-
2 hw S²rḥb b(n)—
3 w ḏ-ʿmrt hqn(y)—
4 [y] mrʾ-hw-ʾlmqh—
5 w bʿl-ʾ(w)m ṣlm—
6 m ḏ-ḏhbm l-wfy-
7 hmw
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Ḥfnm and his 2 son S²rḥb of the clan 3 ḏ-ʿmrt dedica- 4 ted to his Lord ʾlmqh 5 Master of ʾwm a sta- 6 tue in bronze for their 7 safety. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 1644=AM 842 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 27.5, w. 17.5, th. 8.5 |
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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
| Doe and Jamme 1968: 12, pl. I | Doe, D. Brian and Jamme, Albert W.F. 1968. New Sabaean Inscriptions from South Arabia. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 100/1: 2-28. |
| CIAS: ii, 101-103, photo | Beeston, Alfred F.L., Pirenne, Jacqueline and Robin, Christian J. 1977-1986. Corpus des inscriptions et antiquités sud-arabes: Vol. I (1977): Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités; Vol. II (1986): Le Musée d’Aden. Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités. Louvain: Peeters. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres] |