Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 2.8-3 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
The integrations are proposed by Jamme. Unaccurate script; the letter m is reversed. |
English | |
1 [... ... dedicated to] 2 [ʾlmqhw, Lord of ʾwm the image in bronze] 3 [according to what] ʾlmqh ordered to them in 4 [His oracle] for the safety of their son ʾḥḏr and 5 may ʾlmqh [add to them] male 6 healthy children whom He would protect [... ...] |
Deposit | Mārib |
Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | th. 14 |
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: 242, pl. 49 | 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. |