Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic |
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
Script typology | Monumental writing |
Writing technique | Incision |
Measure of letters | 3 |
Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
10 | Empty space at the beginning of the line. |
English | |
1 S¹ʾdʾl Nhzn and his sons [... ...] 2 dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, [... ...] 3 when they sought from him [... ...] 4 male healthy children and [... ...] 5 the favours and the good news they sought from Him [... ... ] 6 their sons Ḏʿbm and Mrṯds¹mʿ, descendants of [... ...] 7 and the safety of the lords of their house; and may He grant to [them ... ...] 8 Sabaʾ and their ʾqwl, those of Mʾḏ[nm ... ...] 9 good [products] from all their land, and may He vouchsafe them [... ...] 10 and their Patron [... ...] |
Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 368 |
Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 42, w. 26, th. 10 |
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 |
CIAS: i, 63-65 (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] |