Ja 552
Jamme 1962 a: ii, pl. 2
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- Jamme 1962 a: ii, pl. 2
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Script cursus | Boustrophedon | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 11.3-11.6 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
GENERAL NOTES
| According to the linguistic analysis by P. Stein (2005 c), the inscriptions on the wall of the temple of Awām are dated between the end of the 4th and the end of the 2nd century BC (apart from Ja 552, which is dated to the 4th century BC). Their textual peculiarities show the shift from the Early to the Middle Sabaic linguistic periods. For the chronology, see the discussion in Wissmann 1982: 353 ff., Stein 2005 c: 187-189, Avanzini 2010: 188. |
TEXT
1 (ʾbkrb)( kbr )(Kmdm) bn ʿmkrb bn (S²)±wḏbm qyn Ydʿʾl Byn w-S¹mh(ʿl)—
2 y Ynf hqny ʾlmqh bn-hw S¹mh±(ʾmr) w-ʾbʾmr w-Hlkʾmr w-kl wl(d)-(h)—
3 (w w)-byt-hw Yhr± w-kl qny-hw w-kl mbn(y)± (ḫḫ)nhn w-mḏqntn b-ʿṯtr |
4 w-b ʾlmqh w-b ḏt-Ḥmym w-b± ḏt-Bʿdn w-b Ydʿʾl w-(b)± S¹mhʿly
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾbkrb kbr of Kmdm, son of ʿmkrb, descendant of S²wḏbm, qyn of Ydʿʾl Byn and of S¹mhʿly 2 Ynf, dedicated to ʾlmqh his sons S¹mhʾmr and ʾbʾmr and Hlkʾmr and all his children and his 3 house Yhr and all his properties and the entire construction of the two passageways and of the entrance-hall. By ʿṯtr 4 and by ʾlmqh and by ḏt Ḥmym and by ḏt Bʿdn and by Ydʿʾl and by S¹mhʿly. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Inscription on architectural structure » Wall |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 60.3, w. 267 (tot. measures of the four stones); w. 256 (max. lenght of the text) |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maḥram Bilqīs |
| Ancient site | ʾwm |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl ʾwm |
| Notes | The inscriptions Ja 550-557 are engraved on the outside enclosure wall of the temple, at the sides of the western door (see the location in Jamme 1962 a: ii, pl. C/1). Ja 552 is engraved on the left of Ja 550, over Ja 553 and the west door (cf. von Wissmann 1982: 344, fig. 108). The text is engraved in two courses on four stones. |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1962 a: i, 16-18, ii, pl. 3 | 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. |
| Pirenne 1977: 205, pl. XXIV | Pirenne, Jacqueline 1977. La Maîtrise de l'eau en Arabie du Sud antique. Six types de monuments techniques. (Mémoires de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres. Nouvelle série, 2). Paris: Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres. |
| Wissmann 1982: 342-346, fig. 109 (facsimile) | Wissmann, Hermann von 1982. Die Geschichte von Sabaʾ II. Das Grossreich der Sabäer bis zu seinem Ende im frühen 4. Jh. v. Chr. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophischhistorische Klasse, 402). Vienna: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. [Walter W. Müller (ed.)] |