CIAS 39.11/o 5 n° 4 Ja 757
By kind permission of GOAM
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 3 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 ʾls¹ʿ(d)( )(Mḏyn) hqny ʾlmqh bʿl ʾ(wm)
2 s²lṯtn ʾṣlmn ʾly ḏhbn l-wfy-hw w-w—
3 fy bny-hw Ms¹ylm w-Dws¹m w-Hwfʿṯt b—
4 ny Mḏyn w-l ws³f-hw ʾlmqhw ʾwldm
5 ʾḏkrwm hnʾn b-ʿṯtr w-ʾlmqh
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾls¹ʿd Mḏyn dedicated to ʾlmqh Master of ʾwm 2 three statues in bronze for his safety and the sa- 3 fety of his sons Ms¹ylm, Dws¹m and Hwfʿṯt descendants of 4 Mḏyn, and may ʾlmqh give him male 5 healthy children, by ʿṯtr and ʾlmqh. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 1628 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Alabaster |
| Measures | h. 27, w. 44, th. 14 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maḥram Bilqīs |
| Ancient site | ʾwm |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl ʾwm |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1962 a: 226-227 | 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. |
| CIAS: ii, 79-81, 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] |