Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
3 | G. Ryckmans (1952) suggests the variant ʾ(d)m-hmw. |
12-13 | Possible integration: bn kl mh[bʾs¹m]. |
English | |
1 [... ...] 2 [... ...] 3 [... ...] 4 [... ...] 5 [... ...] a cultivation. By the power, the order 6 and the beneficence of ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm; and by the power of their 7 lord ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb, king of Sabaʾ and 8 ḏu-Raydān, son of Frʿm Ynhb, king of Sabaʾ. And may 9 ʾlmqh continue to grant all the cultivations 10 (?) ʾlwhb and ʾls¹ʿd 11 and their sons, of the family Ḥmmt. And they committed 12 their cultivations to ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm, against everyone who 13 [may damage (it)]. By ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm. |
9-10 | G. Ryckmans translated: "toutes les cultures dont assure les pousses le point d'eau de ʾIlwahab". |
Support type | Artefact » Architectural element » Column |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 40 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Maḥram Bilqīs |
Ancient site | ʾwm |
Geographical area | Maʾrib |
Country | Yemen |
Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl ʾwm |
Notes | Reemployed in the government rest house at Mārib. |
Link to site record |
Fakhry 1952: i, 118-120, fig. 68 | Fakhry, Ahmed 1952. An archaeological Journey to Yemen (March-May 1947). (3 vols), Cairo: Government Press. |
Ryckmans, Gonzague 1952: ii, 73-75 | Ryckmans, Gonzague 1952. Epigraphical texts. Ahmed Fakhry, An archaeological Journey to Yemen (March-May 1947). ii. Cairo: Government Press. |