al-Saʿīd 2002 a: 9, pl. 1
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic |
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
Script typology | Monumental writing |
Writing technique | Incision |
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 ʿmrm w-bnt-
2 hw ʾlt Ḫn—
3 ʿm hqnyw ʾlmqh—
4 w bʿl ʾwm ṣlmt—
5 n ḏt ḏhbn l-w—
6 fy grybt-hn
Apparatus |
| The verb (l. 3) is at the masculine plural while the pronoun (l. 6) is feminine plural and thus refers only to the daughters of the dedicant. |
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TRANSLATIONS
English | |
1 ʿmrm and his daughters,
2 those of Ḫn-
3 ʿm, dedicated to ʾlmqh,
4 Lord of ʾwm, this statue
5 in bronze, for the
6 safety of their persons.
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OBJECT INFORMATION
Deposit | Riyāḍ, King Saud University Museum |
Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
Material | Stone |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
OriginModern site | Maḥram Bilqīs |
Ancient site | ʾwm |
Geographical area | Maʾrib |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl ʾwm |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
al-Saʿīd 2002 a: 10, pl. 1 | al-Saʿīd, Saʿīd F. 2002. Nuqūš sabaʾiyya ǧadīda fi ḏikr al-maraḍ. al-ʿUṣūr, 12/3: 7-21.
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