| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 2.4 (min.); 2.9 (max.) | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
| English | |
1 S²rḥm ʾzʾd and his sons 2 Krbʿṯt and ʾbkrb, 3 descendants of the family Ḥḍnn Bqlm, dedicated 4 to their lord ʾlmqhw Ṯwn, 5 Lord of ʾwm, a statue in bronze 6 which he promised Him, as soon as He should grant 7 him male sons in health, 8 and then ʾlmqhw granted him 9 his sons Krbʿṯt and ʾbkrb; 10 he offered to their lord what he promised Him, 11 and he will continue to offer statues 12 as soon as He should grant him male 13 and healthy children, and may He grant them the survival 14 of their persons and the goodwill of their lords 15 the kings, and healthy fruits and harvests, 16 and may He save them from 17 the subjection and the maleficence and the malice of any enemy. 18 By ʾlmqhw, Lord of ʾwm. |
| Deposit | Mārib |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 74.1, w. 25.3, th. max. 18.2 (top), th. min. 10 (bottom) |
| 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 |
| Jamme 1962 a: 213-214 | 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. |
| Nebes 1994: 200 | Nebes, Norbert 1994. Verwendung und Funktion der Präfixkonjugation im Sabäischen. Pages 191-211 in Norbert Nebes. Arabia Felix. Beiträge zur Sprache und Kultur des vorislamischen Arabien. Festschrift Walter W. Müller zum 60. Geburtstag. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. |