Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 3 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
English | |
1 S¹ʿdm ʾrym and his sons Hʿn, 2 Ṯwbn and S²rḥʾwm, descendants of the family Ḥywm, 3 dedicated to their lord ʾlmqhw Ṯhwn 4 Ṯwr, Lord of ʾwm, four statues 5 in bronze, in praise because He granted his servant S¹ʿdm 6 ʾrym of the family Ḥywm male children in health, 7 and may their lord ʾlmqhw continue to grant them 8 the goodwill and the satisfaction of their lords the kings; 9 may their lord ʾlmqhw save them from the malice 10 of the enemy, and may their lord ʾlmqhw grant them 11 fruit crops and harvests, and may 12 their lord ʾlmqhw grant them prosperity and good 13 undertakings, and the life of their persons and the health 14 of the material resources. By ʾlmqhw, Lord of ʾwm. |
Deposit | Mārib |
Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 76.5, w. 37.5, th. 10 |
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: 210-211, pl. 35 | 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. |