Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 1.7 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
Bs²mlt is probably a female name. |
English | |
1 [... ...] 2 [... ...] the female statue in bronze, 3 as their Lord ʾlmqh 4 Ṯhwn Master of ʾwm had ordered them, so that He should grant 5 them the safety of their sons Whbʾwm and 6 Bs²mlt and the safety of their persons, by ʾlmqh. |
Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 2370=AM 865 |
Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 20.5, w. 16.3, th. 12.5 |
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 |
Doe and Jamme 1968: 23, pl. V | Doe, D. Brian and Jamme, Albert W.F. 1968. New Sabaean Inscriptions from South Arabia. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 100/1: 2-28. |
CIAS: ii, 95-96, 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] |