CIAS 39.11/o 7 n° 2 Ja 2111
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 | 2.6 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 ʿbdṯw(n)( ḏ)-ʾ(lqd)m
2 ʾdm ḏ-S¹ḥr hqny-ʾ—
3 (lm)qh Ṯhwn bʿl-ʾwm ṣ—
4 (l)mn ḏ-ḏhbn ḏ-s²ft-hw-ʾ—
5 b-hw Ḫbs²m bn ʾḥgrm
6 b-ʾlmqh
| 5 | letter ḫ written on the h by mistake of the engraver. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʿbdṯwn he of ʾlqdm 2 vassals of the ḏ- S¹ḥr dedicated to 3 ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Master of ʾwm the sta- 4 tue in bronze, which his father Ḫbs²m of 5 ʾḥgrm promised Him, 6 by ʾlmqh. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 2357=AM 849 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 27, w. 22, th. 13 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maḥram Bilqīs |
| Ancient site | ʾwm |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh Ṯhwn bʿl ʾwm |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Doe and Jamme 1968: 16-17, pl. II | 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, 109-110, 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] |