Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 1 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
English | |
1 K[.]rt, she of the family Mṭw[ḥ] 2 dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, 3 Lord of ʾwm the statue in 4 bronze in praise because He saved her son 5 S¹ʿdʾwm from the wound (wherewith) his 6 brother Rṯdʿzyn was wounded and 7 in fact he was saved from those 8 physical injuries. By ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm. |
Deposit | Oxford, The Ashmolean Museum, 1957.17 |
Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 16.5, w. 11 |
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 |
Beeston 1959 a: 17-18 | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1959. Two middle sabaean votive texts. Bibliotheca Orientalis, 16: 17-18. |