Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 14 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
11-12 | the editors integrate ʿbd-hw ʿbdʿṯtr b]n. |
12 | b-ʾlmqh at the end of the text is a likely integration. |
English | |
1 ʿbdʿṯtr [... ...] mqtwy 2 of Ns²ʾkrb Yʾmn Yhrḥ- 3 b king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān son of ʾl- 4 s²rḥ Yhḍb and Yʾzl Byn, kings 5 of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān dedicated to ʾlmqh 6 Ṯhwn, Master of ʾwm this statue in 7 bronze, in praise because He granted His servant 8 ʿbdʿṯtr the goodwill and the satisfaction of their 9 lord Ns²ʾkrb Yʾmn Yhrḥ- 10 b king of Sabaʾ, and may ʾlmqh continue to grant 11 and ave [His servant ʿbdʿṯtr] from 12 the harm and the malice of any enemy, [by ʾlmqh]. |
Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 2372=AM 864 |
Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 30, w. 13, th. 20 |
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: 23-24, 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, 111-113, 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] |