CIAS 39.11/o 6 n° 9 Ja 2120
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 | 1.7 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
[... ...]
1 [... ...](ṣlm)tn ḏy ḏhb—
2 (n) ḥg-n k-wqh-hmw ʾl—
3 mqhw Ṯhwn bʿl-ʾwm l-ḫmr-hm—
4 w wfy bny-hmw Whbʾwm w-
5 Bs²mlt w-wfy grybt-hm b-ʾlmq(h)
| Bs²mlt is probably a female name. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] 2 [... ...] the female statue in bronze, 3 as their Lord ʾlmqh 4 Ṯhwn Master of ʾwm had ordered them, so that He should grant 5 them the safety of their sons Whbʾwm and 6 Bs²mlt and the safety of their persons, by ʾlmqh. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 2370=AM 865 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 20.5, w. 16.3, th. 12.5 |
| 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: 23, pl. V | 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, 95-96, 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] |