Ja 844 MaMB 19; AM 843
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 54
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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 | 3.5 |
| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 Lḥyʿṯt[ ḏ-Nfʾn]
2 hqny ʾlmqh |
3 (Ṯh)wn( bʿl )(ʾwm) ṣl—
4 [m]n ḏ-[ḏh]b(n )l-wfy
5 [qny-h]w ʿ[ṯt ḏ-qn]—
6 [y b-ʿṯtr w-ʾlmqh]
| The reading of the text is proposed by Jamme. In particular the reading of the line 5 is not sure. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Lḥyʿṯt, he of Nfʾn, 2 dedicated to ʾlmqh 3 Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, the statue 4 in bronze for the safety 5 of his sla]ve ʿṯt, whom he possessed. 6 By ʿṯtr and ʾlmqh. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, AM 843 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 25.5, w. 20 |
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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 |
| Notes | The stone was found about 30 m north-east of the columns. |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1962 a: 250, pl. 54 | 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. |
| Doe and Jamme 1968: 2-3 | 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. |