Ja 686 MaMB 63; ZI 46
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 23
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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 | 1.3-1.6 | ||
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 Ḥmlt w-Nʿms¹ʿd
2 ḏty Gbʾt hqn[y]—
3 tw ʾlmqh bʿl ʾwm ṣ—
4 lmtn ḥmdm l-ḏt ḫmr-h—
5 w wldm hyt mrʾtn Nʿm—
6 s¹ʿd w-l-ḫmr-hmw s²wft g—
7 rybt-hmw w-l-wzʾ ʾlmqh
8 [mtʿn-hmw bn nḍʿ w-](s²)ṣy s²—
9 [nʾm b-ʾlmqh bʿl ʾwm]
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Ḥmlt and Nʿms¹ʿd, 2 (both) of the family Gbʾt dedicated 3 to ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm, the 4 female statue in praise because He granted 5 her a child, to that lady Nʿms¹ʿd; 6 and may He grant them the protection 7 of their persons, and may continue ʾlmqh 8 to save them from the harm and malice of the 9 enemy. [By ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm]. |
| 5 | mrʾt could be translated "female child" i.e. "He granted her a child, that female child". The child would have the same name of the mother. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Mārib |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 15.4, w. 12.9, th. 8.4 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maḥram Bilqīs |
| Ancient site | ʾwm |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl ʾwm |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1962 a: 183-184, pl. 23 | 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. |
| ʿInān 1976: 304 | ʿInān, Zaid b. ʿA 1976. Taʾriḫ ḥaḍāra al-Yaman al-qadīm. Cairo. |