Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 2.3 (max.); 2.1 (min.) | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
English | |
1 [... ...] their two lords 2 ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and his brother Yʾzl Byn, the two kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, 3 sons of Frʿm Ynhb king of Sabaʾ [... ...] and because has been and 4 will be favourable to them, and might He grant to them [... ...] and 5 perfect grandchild, and might ʾlmqh protect them from the maleficence, malice, slander and 6 the calamities of the enemy; by ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm [... ...] and by their Patron 7 Tʾlb Rymm and Ḥgrm Qḥmm. |
Deposit | Mārib |
Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 16.5, w. 20.5, th. 8 |
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: 100-101 | 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. |