Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 2.5 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
1 | Jamme integrates M[fys²] |
English | |
1 Hwfʿṯt Yzkn descendant of M[... ...] 2 mqtwy of S²fʿṯt ʾs²wʿ and his son 3 Zydm ʾymn descendant of Hmdn, 4 Fys² and S¹ʾrn dedicated to ʾlmqh [... ...] 5 [.]m a plinth and upon it a bronze 6 statue, in praise because He saved him 7 from the maleficence and the malice of the enemy, and because 8 He granted him the return in safety and with enemy casualties 9 from the hostilities in which he had engaged; and may He continue 10 to grant him prosperous undertakings. |
Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 1626 |
Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 35, w. 22, th. 6 |
Link to object record |
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 |
Jamme 1962 a: 196, pl. 28 | 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, 25-27, 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] |