| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
| Iryānī gives a division of the text into paragraphs, without respecting the lines. |
| English | |
1 S²rḥʿṯt ʾrym and Rṯdṯwn, of the family Ḥlḥlm, dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, the Lord of ʾwm, the statue of bronze, in praise because ʾlmqh has offered upon His servant S²rḥṯt the favours he sought and implored from Him and because might He continue to offer upon His servant S²rḥʿṯt all the favours and the supplication he will seek and imlore from Him; might ʾlmqh grant them the success, the goodwill, the favour of their master ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān and his son Wtrm. 2 Might ʾlmqh save them. |
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, Unknown (Private collection) |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Link to object record |
| Modern site | Maḥram Bilqīs |
| Ancient site | ʾwm |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl ʾwm |
| Link to site record |
| al-Iryānī 1973: 16-19 | al-Iryānī, Muṭahhar 1973. Fī taʾriḫ al-Yaman. Cairo. |
| al-Iryānī 1990: 53-56 | al-Iryānī, Muṭahhar 1990. Fī-taʾrīḫ al-Yaman. Nuquš musnadiya wa-taʿliqāt. Ṣanʿāʾ: Markaz al-dirāsāt wa-l-buḥūṯ al-Yamanī. |