A-20-555
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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 | 9 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
[... ...]
1 [... ...](m w)-(ḥ)ẓy w-rḍw[ mrʾ-h]—
2 (m)w Ns²ʾkrb Yʾmn Yhrḥ(b)[ mlk]
3 S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn w-l-ḫryn-hw b(n)[ n]—
4 [ḍʿ] w-s²ṣy w-tṯʿt s²nʾm ḏ-(bn)-
5 [hw ]dʿw w-ḏ-bn-hw ʾl dʿw
6 (b)-ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾw(m)
| 1 | Sholan integrates [w-l-ḫmr-hw ʾlmqh Ṯhwn bʿl ʾwm ḥ]ẓy etc., but this cannot be confirmed by our reading. |
| 2-3 | The king could be followed by the patronymic in the royal title, and this would imply a much longer lacuna. However, the reconstruction of the formulary between ll.3 and 6 imposes to assume only few letters missing on both sides of the stone. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...].. and the goodwill and the satisfaction of their 2 lord Ns²ʾkrb Yʾmn Yhrḥb, king 3 of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, and may He deliver them from 4 the maleficence, malice and slander of the enemy, the one 5 they're aware of and the one they're not aware of, 6 by ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, University Museum, A-20-555 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 10.5, w. 18, th. 9 |
| 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
| Sholan 2005 a: 7-23, pl. 3 | Sholan, Amida 2005. Nuqūš Sabaʾiyya ǧadīda. Dirāsa taḥlīliyya fī dalālāti-hā al-luġawiyya wa-l-taʾrīkhiyya. Ages. A semi-annual journal of Historical, Archaeological and Civilizational Studies, 15/2: 7-23. |