Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 3 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
English | |
1 ʾls¹ʿd Mḏyn dedicated to ʾlmqh Master of ʾwm 2 three statues in bronze for his safety and the sa- 3 fety of his sons Ms¹ylm, Dws¹m and Hwfʿṯt descendants of 4 Mḏyn, and may ʾlmqh give him male 5 healthy children, by ʿṯtr and ʾlmqh. |
Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 1628 |
Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
Material | Alabaster |
Measures | h. 27, w. 44, th. 14 |
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: 226-227 | 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, 79-81, 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] |