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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
Language Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
Alphabet Ancient South Arabian
Script typology Monumental writing
Writing technique Incision
Textual typology Dedicatory text
TEXT marker
1 Nʾdnns¹ w- 2 kl ʾlwd-hw [.] S¹— 3 ʿdṯwn w-Rbb— 4 ns¹ hqnyw l-mrʾ-h— 5 mw Ns¹(r)m ʾlh ḏ-Ṣbʿyn 6 ṣlmt l-qbly ḏ-ḫmr 7 ḏ-s¹tdʿt Nʾdnns¹ l-wfy [... ...]
Apparatus 2 ʾlwd-hw: metathesis for ʾwld.
TRANSLATIONSEnglish 1 Nʾdnns¹ and
2 all her children,
3 S¹ʿdṯwn and Rbbns¹
4 dedicated to their Lord
5 Ns¹rm, God of Ṣbʿyn,
6 a statue because He granted
7 what Nʾdnns¹ asked, for the safety [... ...].
7 The dedicator is a woman (Beeston 1981 c: 66).
Beeston 1981 c : 66Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1981. Notes on Old South Arabian Lexicography XII. Le Muséon , 94: 55-73.
OBJECT INFORMATION ORIGIN AND PROVENANCEProvenance Modern site Maʾrib Ancient site Mryb / Mrb Geographical area Maʾrib Country Yemen Found Reemployed. In modern times Notes Reemployed in a building of the government. Link to site record
BIBLIOGRAPHYFakhry 1952 : i, 113, n. 136, fig. 60Fakhry, Ahmed 1952. An archaeological Journey to Yemen (March-May 1947) . (3 vols), Cairo: Government Press. Ryckmans, Gonzague 1952 : ii, 56Ryckmans, Gonzague 1952. Epigraphical texts . Ahmed Fakhry, An archaeological Journey to Yemen (March-May 1947) . ii. Cairo: Government Press.