| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 1 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
| English | |
1 K[.]rt, she of the family Mṭw[ḥ] 2 dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, 3 Lord of ʾwm the statue in 4 bronze in praise because He saved her son 5 S¹ʿdʾwm from the wound (wherewith) his 6 brother Rṯdʿzyn was wounded and 7 in fact he was saved from those 8 physical injuries. By ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm. |
| Deposit | Oxford, The Ashmolean Museum, 1957.17 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 16.5, w. 11 |
| Link to object record |
| 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 |
| Beeston 1959 a: 17-18 | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1959. Two middle sabaean votive texts. Bibliotheca Orientalis, 16: 17-18. |