Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 9 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
1 | Sholan integrates [w-l-ḫmr-hw ʾlmqh Ṯhwn bʿl ʾwm ḥ]ẓy etc., but this cannot be confirmed by our reading. |
2-3 | The king could be followed by the patronymic in the royal title, and this would imply a much longer lacuna. However, the reconstruction of the formulary between ll.3 and 6 imposes to assume only few letters missing on both sides of the stone. |
English | |
1 [... ...].. and the goodwill and the satisfaction of their 2 lord Ns²ʾkrb Yʾmn Yhrḥb, king 3 of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, and may He deliver them from 4 the maleficence, malice and slander of the enemy, the one 5 they're aware of and the one they're not aware of, 6 by ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm. |
Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, University Museum, A-20-555 |
Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 10.5, w. 18, th. 9 |
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 |
Sholan 2005 a: 7-23, pl. 3 | Sholan, Amida 2005. Nuqūš Sabaʾiyya ǧadīda. Dirāsa taḥlīliyya fī dalālāti-hā al-luġawiyya wa-l-taʾrīkhiyya. Ages. A semi-annual journal of Historical, Archaeological and Civilizational Studies, 15/2: 7-23. |