CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Jamme 1962 a: pl. 24
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters4.5
Chronology
PeriodC. Conjectural
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT


   1  S¹ʿdʾwm bn ʾgylm ʾdm bn Ḥlḥlm hqny
   2  ʾlmqh bʿl ʾwm ʾrbʿtn ʾṣlmn w-ṣl—
   3  mtnhn l-wfy bny-hw Whbʾwm w-Ḏrḥn w-Ys²f |
   4  w-Rbʾwm w-ʾs¹mwm w-ʿlym bnw ʾgylm w-l wfy-hw
   5  w-wfy ʾbʿl byt-hmw b-ʿṯtr w-ʾlmqh w-ḏt-Ḥmym

Apparatus
3-4Four names of the children are male and two are female.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  S¹ʿdʾwm, of the family ʾgylm, vassals of the family Ḥlḥm, dedicated
   2  to ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm, four statues and two
   3  female statues for the safety of his sons Whbʾwm, Ḏrḥn, Ys²f,
   4  Rbʾwm, ʾs¹mwm and ʿlym, of the family ʾgylm, and for his safety
   5  and the safety of the owners of their house. By ʿṯtr and ʾlmqh and ḏt-Ḥmym.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositMārib
Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 28.1, w. 64.8, th. 16.9
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteMaḥram Bilqīs
Ancient siteʾwm
Geographical areaMaʾrib
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl ʾwm
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Jamme 1962 a: 185, pl. 24Jamme, 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: 308-309ʿInān, Zaid b. ʿA 1976. Taʾriḫ ḥaḍāra al-Yaman al-qadīm. Cairo.