Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 1 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
S¹lmn (here and at line 7) could be a lineage name. | |
8 | The name Nmrn ʾwkn was intentionally erased (Jamme 1962 a: 183). |
English | |
1 Ynʿm, son of S¹lmn, servant of 2 Nmrn ʾwkn and his brother 3 Gḥḍm ʾḥṣn, descendants of Kbr Ḫll and Kbr 4 ʾqynm and of S¹ḫymm dedicated to 5 ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, this statue 6 in bronze which he promised Him in order to grant to His servant 7 Ynʿm, son of S¹lmn, the goodwill and 8 the satisfaction of their two lords Nmrn ʾwkn and 9 his brother Gḥḍm ʾḥṣn, descendants of 10 Kbr Ḫll and Kbr ʾqynm and of S¹ḫymm; 11 may He protect and save His servant Ynʿm, 12 son of S¹lmn, from the harm and the malice of the enemy. 13 By ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm |
Deposit | Mārib |
Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 20, w. 15, th. 10.6 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Maḥram Bilqīs |
Ancient site | ʾwm |
Geographical area | Maʾrib |
Country | Yemen |
Found | In situ |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl ʾwm |
Link to site record |
Jamme 1962 a: 182-183, pl. 23 | 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. |
ʿInān 1976: 296-297 | ʿInān, Zaid b. ʿA 1976. Taʾriḫ ḥaḍāra al-Yaman al-qadīm. Cairo. |