CIAS 39.11/o 9 n° 1 Ja 757bis
By kind permission of GOAM
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 2.8 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 Rṯdm bn [Ḫ]—
2 ḏwm mqtwy |
3 bn Yhʿn hqny |
4 ʾlmqhw bʿl ʾ—
5 wm ṣlmn
| 1-2 | Integration suggested by the editor. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Rṯdm son of Ḫ- 2 ḏwm mqtwy 3 of the clan Ynʿn dedicated 4 to ʾlmqh, Master of ʾ- 5 wm this statue. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 1852 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 23.5, w. 18, th. 7.5 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| 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 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1962 a: 227 | 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. |
| CIAS: ii, 127-128, photo | Beeston, Alfred F.L., Pirenne, Jacqueline and Robin, Christian J. 1977-1986. Corpus des inscriptions et antiquités sud-arabes: Vol. I (1977): Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités; Vol. II (1986): Le Musée d’Aden. Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités. Louvain: Peeters. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres] |