Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 1.6 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
English | |
1 [... ...] dedicated 2 to ʾlmqhw Ṯhwn, Lord of 3 ʾwm, a statue in bronze in 4 praise because He satisfied him in 5 His oracle and may He grant them 6 the satisfaction and the goodwill of their lords 7 and may He grant them sound crops 8 and may He deliver them from 9 the maleficence and malice of any enemy. |
Deposit | Oxford, The Ashmolean Museum, 1957.16 |
Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 18.5, 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 | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1959. Two middle sabaean votive texts. Bibliotheca Orientalis, 16: 17-18. |