Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic |
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
Script typology | Monumental writing |
Writing technique | Incision |
Measure of letters | 3.5 |
Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
The reading of the text is proposed by Jamme. In particular the reading of the line 5 is not sure. |
English | |
1 Lḥyʿṯt, he of Nfʾn, 2 dedicated to ʾlmqh 3 Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, the statue 4 in bronze for the safety 5 of his sla]ve ʿṯt, whom he possessed. 6 By ʿṯtr and ʾlmqh. |
Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, AM 843 |
Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 25.5, w. 20 |
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 |
Notes | The stone was found about 30 m north-east of the columns. |
Link to site record |
Jamme 1962 a: 250, pl. 54 | 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. |
Doe and Jamme 1968: 2-3 | Doe, D. Brian and Jamme, Albert W.F. 1968. New Sabaean Inscriptions from South Arabia. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 100/1: 2-28. |