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Ja 737 MaMB 240


Jamme 1962 a: pl. 36

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 letters4.5
Chronology
PeriodD. Conjectural
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT

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      [... ...]
   1  (Mhn)[k]rb Rzḥym ʾwldm ʾḏk—
   2  rm hnʾm w-l ws³y bny Gdnm
   3  w-l ws³y-hmw w-l hʿnn-hmw bn
   4  nḍʿ w-s²ṣy s²nʾm rḥqm w-qrb—
   5  m b-ʿṯtr w-Hwbs¹ w-ʾlmqhw
   6  w-b-ḏt Ḥmym w-b-ḏt Bʿdnm

TRANSLATIONS

English

      [... ...]
   1  Mhnkrb Rzḥym male and
   2  healthy children, and may He comfort the descendants of Gdnm,
   3  and may He continue to comfort them, and may He preserve them from
   4  the maleficence and the malice of any enemy, far and near.
   5  By ʿṯtr and Hwbs¹ and ʾlmqhw,
   6  and by ḏt-Ḥmym and by ḏt Bʿdnm.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositMārib
Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 54.6, th. 20.5
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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

Jamme 1962 a: 214, pl. 36Jamme, 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.