By kind permission of British Museum
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Fakhry 1952: pl. L/A Image free from copyright
Fakhry 1952: i, 113, fig. 61 Image free from copyright
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
Language Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
Alphabet Ancient South Arabian
Script typology Monumental writing
Writing technique Incision
Measure of letters 2.5
Chronology
Textual typology Dedicatory text
GENERAL NOTES
Dating this inscription to period B is hypothetical, it could also be assigned to the C period.
TEXT marker
1 Rznm bn S¹frm ʿbd bn Mqrm 2 hqny ʾlmqh mṯln ḏ-s¹twkl-hw 3 l-wfy bn-hw ʾrzn w-l ḏt ys³fn-hw 4 ʾlmqh ʾwldm ʾḏkrwm hnʾn b-ʾlmqh
Apparatus 4 ʾḏkrwm is the plural attested in the period B, in the period D we have ʾḏkrm.
TRANSLATIONSEnglish 1 Rznm, son of S¹frm, subject of banū Mqrm
2 dedicated to ʾlmqh the image which sought the favour from Him
3 for the well being of his son ʾrzn and in order that ʾlmqh increases to him
4 male and healthy children. For ʾlmqh.
OBJECT INFORMATIONDeposit London, The British Museum, BM 141539=1985,0223.8 Support type Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription (mṯl) Material Stone Measures h. 16.1, w. 39.5, th. 9.5 Link to object record
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCEOrigin Modern site Maʾrib Ancient site Mryb / Mrb Geographical area Maʾrib Country Yemen Found Reemployed. In modern times Notes Reemployed in a building of the government. Link to site record
BIBLIOGRAPHYFakhry 1952 : i, 113 n. 137, fig. 61; iii pl. L/AFakhry, Ahmed 1952. An archaeological Journey to Yemen (March-May 1947) . (3 vols), Cairo: Government Press. Ryckmans, Gonzague 1952 : ii, 58Ryckmans, Gonzague 1952. Epigraphical texts . Ahmed Fakhry, An archaeological Journey to Yemen (March-May 1947) . ii. Cairo: Government Press.