CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters4.1
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT


   1  S¹lmn b[n ... ...] ḏ-
   2  S¹ḥr hqny ʾlmqh b[ʿl]
   3  ʾwm wṯnn ḥmdm l-ḏt [hw]fy
   4  ʾlmqh grb ʿbd-h[w S¹lm]n
   5  w-ʾwld-hw w-bʿr-hw [b-ms¹b]ʾ
   6  s¹bʾ w-l wzʾ ʾlmqh [hwf]yn
   7  ʿbd-hw S¹lmn w-ʾ[wl]d-hw
   8  w-bʿr-hw b-kl [ʾbr]ṯm
   9  b-ʿṯtr w-ʾl[mqh]

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  S¹lmn son of [... ...] of the family
   2  S¹ḥr, dedicated to ʾlmqh, Lord of
   3  ʾwm, this stela in praise because
   4  ʾlmqh saved the person of His servant S¹lmn
   5  and his children and his cattle in the expedition
   6  he carried on, and may ʾlmqh continue to protect
   7  His servant S¹lmn and his children
   8  and his cattle in every occasion.
   9  By ʿṯtr and ʾlmqh.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

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

Botterweck 1950: 438-439Botterweck, G. Johannes 1950. Altsüdarabische Glaser-Inschriften. Orientalia, 19: 435-444.