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Jamme 1962 a: pl. 31
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Jamme 1962 a: pl. 31
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Jamme 1962 a: pl. 31
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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 | 2.2 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 Whbʾwm Yʾḏf ↯[w-ʾḫy-hw Ydm] ↯[Ydrm w-](bny)[-hw Ḥm]—
2 ʿṯt ʾzʾd w-ʾbkr(b)↯ [ʾ]↯(s¹)ʿd w-(S¹ḫy)mm Yzʾn bnw [S¹]—
3 [ḫymm] ʾbʿl bytn Rym(n)↯ [ʾ]↯[q](w)l s²ʿbn Yrs¹m ḏ-S¹mʿ(y) [ṯ]—
4 [lṯn ḏ-Hgr](m)( hq)nyw ʾl↯[mq]↯[h]-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm ṣlmn [ḏ-ḏ]—
5 [hbn ... ... w-ṣlmt][... ... ḏ-]↯[b-](h)w ḥmdw ḫyl w-mqm [ʾl]—
6 [mqh ... ...]↯ [ʾl](m)qh hwt wldn S¹(ḫ)[ym]—
7 [m] [... ...](ʾ) wldn S¹ḫymm l-n [... ...]
8 [... ...] tflw b-ʿm ʾlmqh [... ...]
9 [... ...r]s²(y)[t ... ...]
| 1-2 | The integrations are proposed by Jamme on a comparison of the beginning of the inscription Ja 616. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Whbʾwm Yʾḏf and his brother Ydm Ydrm and his sons Ḥmʿṯt 2 ʾzʾd and ʾbkrb ʾs¹ʿd and S¹ḫymm Yzʾn, of the family 3 S¹ḫymm, lords of the house Rymn, ʾqwl of the tribe Yrs¹m of S¹mʿy, 4 third of Hgrm, dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, this statue in 5 bronze [... ...] and a female statue [... ...] by which they praised the might and the power of 6 ʾlmqh [... ...] ʾlmqh his child S¹ḫymm 7 [... ...] this child S¹ḫymm from [... ...] 8 [... ...] they obtained a favourable oracle from ʾlmqh [... ...] 9 [... ...] |
| 1-5 | The translation follows the Jamme's integrations. |
| 8 | J. Ryckmans 1964 b: 92 notes that A. Jamme translated tflw b-ʿm "he separated from Him" in Ja 628,5 and here "he turned to ʾlmqh". |
| 9 | The very hypothetical reading rs²yt is translated by Jamme: "gifts". |
| Ryckmans, Jacques 1964 b: 92 | Ryckmans, Jacques 1964. Review of 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. Bibliotheca Orientalis, 21: 90-94. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Mārib |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Alabaster |
| Measures | h. 23.6, w. 41.1, th. 8.9 |
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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: 202, pl. 31 | 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. |