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 |
3 | ʾʿw on the stone. |
English | |
1 Ġfrm, of the family 2 Brs²ʿn, dedicated to ʾlmqh 3 Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, 4 this statue in bronze 5 which he promised Him because he suffered a sickness 6 and in fact he praised the might and 7 the power of ʾlmqh, as He protected 8 him. By ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm. |
Deposit | Cambridge, The Fitzwilliam Museum, E.4.1943 |
Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 15.7, w. 12.8 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Maḥram Bilqīs |
Ancient site | ʾwm |
Geographical area | Maʾrib |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh Ṯhwn bʿl ʾwm |
Link to site record |
Modern site | Shabwa |
Ancient site | S²bwt |
Geographical area | Shabwa |
Country | Yemen |
Link to site record |
Bron 1979: 131-132, pl. VI/1 | Bron, François 1979. Inscriptions et antiquites sudarabiques. Semitica, 29: 131-135, pls VI-VII. |