Ja 737 MaMB 240
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 36
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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 | 4.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
[... ...]
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
| Deposit | Mārib |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 54.6, th. 20.5 |
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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 bʿl ʾwm |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1962 a: 214, pl. 36 | 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. |