| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 3 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
| English | |
1 S²rḥm, of the family Ḫḏwt and Rg- 2 lm, dedicated to ʾlmqhw 3 Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, this statue from 4 their booty from the town of Qrytm 5 ḏt Khlm, so that ʾlmqhw grants them 6 the goodwill and the satisfaction of their lord S²ʿrm 7 ʾwtr, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, 8 son of ʿlhn Nhfn, king of 9 Sabaʾ; so that He grants them prosperity 10 and safety and delivers them 11 from any evil. By ʾlmqh. |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 48.9, w. 28.7, th. 45.9 |
| 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 |
| Jamme 1962 a: 136 | 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: 265-266 | ʿInān, Zaid b. ʿA 1976. Taʾriḫ ḥaḍāra al-Yaman al-qadīm. Cairo. |