Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 5.2 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
English | |
1 Rṯdṯwn ʾzʾd and Hwfʿṯt 2 Yhs²ʿ and Whbʾwm and S¹ʿdṯwn, 3 of the family Gdnm, dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, 4 Lord of ʾwm, the statue in praise because He granted 5 to them the favours they have besought Him for 6 during the expeditions they undertook by the authority of their lords, 7 the kings of Sabaʾ; and might ʾlmqh continue 8 to grant to His servant Rṯdṯwn and Hwfʿṯt 9 and Whbʾwm and S¹ʿdṯwn the favours 10 they have besought Him for; and might He grant to them 11 the satisfaction and the goodwill of their two lords Yrm ʾymn and 12 his brother Krbʾl Wtr, kings of Sabaʾ; and 13 might He grant to them prosperity and luck events; 14 and might He grant to them perfect fruits crops and harvests 15 from all their valleys; by ʿṯtr and Hbs¹ 16 and ʾlmqh, and by ḏt Ḥmym and by 17 ḏt Bʿdnm and by the solar deity of the king Tnf. |
Deposit | Mārib |
Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
Material | Stone |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Maḥram Bilqīs |
Ancient site | ʾwm |
Geographical area | Maʾrib |
Country | Yemen |
Found | Reemployed. In ancient times |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl ʾwm |
Link to site record |
Jamme 1962 a: 47-48, 285-287 | 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. |