Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 2.2 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
1-2 | Beeston in CIAS restores Rṯdṯwn in the lacuna. Jamme prefers mlkn. |
5-6 | Beeston in CIAS: f-l yḫmr [ʿbd-hw], corrected by Nebes 1995 a: 28 (41). |
12 | Beeston in CIAS: tgftm. Correction by Jamme. |
English | |
1 Mʿdkrb, the Sabaean, mqtwy of 2 [... ...], dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of 3 ʾwm, the statue in bronze which he promised to Him 4 for the safety of Rṯdṯwn ʾḫṭr, descendant of Tḏq[..] 5 [... ...]his tribe, and may ʾlmqhw grant 6 His servant Mʿdkrb the safety of his person 7 and the goodwill and the satisfaction of their lord Ns²ʾkrb 8 Yhʾmn Yhrḥb, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, 9 son of ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and Yʾzl Byn, 10 kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, sons of Frʿm 11 Ynhb, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, and may ʾlmqh help them 12 against evil and ruin and 13 [... ...] ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm. |
Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 394 |
Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 36, w. 16.5, th. 10 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Maḥram Bilqīs |
Ancient site | ʾwm |
Geographical area | Maʾrib |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh Ṯhwn bʿl ʾwm |
Link to site record |
CIAS: i, 71-73 (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] |
Jamme 1985: 258-259 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1985. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe XIV. Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A203545#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed] |
Nebes 1995 a: 28 | Nebes, Norbert 1995. Die Konstruktionen mit /fa-/ im Altsüdarabischen. Syntaktische und epigraphische Untersuchungen. (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission, 40). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. |