Ja 553
Reconstruction of the wall with the location of Ja 552 and 553.
Wissmann 1982: 344, fig. 108
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Wissmann 1982: 344, fig. 108
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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 | 9.7-9.8 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
GENERAL NOTES
| For the chronology, see the discussion in Wissmann 1982: 353 ff., Stein 2005 c: 187-189, Avanzini 2010: 188. |
TEXT
1 ʾbkrb bn ʿmkrb bn |
2 S²wḏbm hqny ʾlmqh |
3 kl wld-hw w-qny-hw b-ʾlmqh
| 1 | Same author as in Ja 552. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾbkrb, son of ʿmkrb, descendant of 2 S²wḏbm, dedicated to ʾlmqh 3 all his children and his properties, by ʾlmqh. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Inscription on architectural structure » Wall |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 59, w. 88.6 (tot. measures of the two superimposed stones), w. 82 (max. lenght of the inscription) |
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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 553 is engraved on the left of Ja 550 and below Ja 552, on two stones on the inset panel over the west door (cf. von Wissmann 1982: 344, fig. 108). |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1962 a: i, 17-18 | 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. 108 (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.)] |