Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
2 | The first Mrḍwt could be a lineage name but also, in view of its occurrence at l. 8, a female name indicating the two authors' mother. In this case, this would be another example of an inscription attesting to the matrilinear lineage. |
English | |
1 S²fnḥlf and Nʿmgd 2 those of Mrḍwt, servants of the 3 family Ḥlḥlm dedicated to ʾl- 4 mqh Ṯhwn Master of ʾwm 5 the statue in bronze that his female servant 6 had promised Him, in praise 7 because He helped and saved their daughter 8 Mrḍwt from the disease from which 9 she suffered; and may ʾlmqh Master of 10 ʾwm continue to save His servants, those of 11 [... ...] |
Deposit | Riyāḍ, King Saud University Museum |
Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
Material | Stone |
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 |
al-Saʿīd 2002 a: 16, pl. 4 | al-Saʿīd, Saʿīd F. 2002. Nuqūš sabaʾiyya ǧadīda fi ḏikr al-maraḍ. al-ʿUṣūr, 12/3: 7-21. |