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Ashmolean Museum 1957.16


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters1.6
Chronology
PeriodD. Conjectural
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT

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   1  [... ... ]hqny
   2  [ʾl](mqhw) (Ṯ)hwn-bʿl-
   3  ʾwm ṣlmm ḏ-ḏhbm ḥ—
   4  mdm-b-ḏt hwfy-hw b-m—
   5  s¹ʾl-hw w-l-ḫmr-hmw
   6  rḍw w-ḥẓy ʾmrʾ-hw
   7  w-l-s¹ʿd-hmw ʾṯmrm h—
   8  nʾm w-l-ḫryn-hmw bn n—
   9  ḍʿ w-s²ṣy s²nʾm

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...] dedicated
   2  to ʾlmqhw Ṯhwn, Lord of
   3  ʾwm, a statue in bronze in
   4  praise because He satisfied him in
   5  His oracle and may He grant them
   6  the satisfaction and the goodwill of their lords
   7  and may He grant them sound crops
   8  and may He deliver them from
   9  the maleficence and malice of any enemy.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositOxford, The Ashmolean Museum, 1957.16
Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 18.5, w. 11
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

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

Beeston 1959 a: 17Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1959. Two middle sabaean votive texts. Bibliotheca Orientalis, 16: 17-18.