Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 1.5 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
The editors could still read on the stone Rbs²[ms¹ (l.1) and the god's name (l. 3). |
English | |
1 RbS²[ms¹ ... ...] 2 hw Ḥ[... ...] 3 of the tribe (?) Tlwt dedicated to ʾlmqh Ma- 4 ster of ʾwm the statue in bronze, be- 5 cause ʾlmqh granted the favours 6 he sought from Him, and then he granted 7 him the living for him of their sons Ḥ- 8 ẓym and ʾḥmd, and may ʾlmqh grant them the goodwill 9 and the satisfaction of their lords, and may ʾlmqh 10 deliver them from the malice of any enemy, by ʾlmqh. |
Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 1624=AM 860B |
Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 25.5, w. 21, 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 bʿl ʾwm |
Link to site record |
Doe and Jamme 1968: 21-22, pl. IV | 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. |
CIAS: ii, 115-117, 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] |