Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | about 1.6 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
English | |
1 Rbʾl and his two brothers Yzd and Hwfʾl 2 and their son ʾzʾd descendants of Ḏḫrm 3 dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Master of ʾwm 4 the statue in bronze, in praise because He helped and saved 5 the person of His servant Rbʾl from the injuries that 6 he suffered as a result of the casualties inflicted on them by the enemy; 7 and may ʾlmqh continue to protect and save 8 His vassals Rbʾl, Yzd and Hwfʾl and their 9 son ʾzʾd from evil and distress, 10 and from the harm and the malice of any enemy; and may ʾlmqh grant them 11 fine fruits and crops from 12 their vineyards and fields; and may ʾlmqh grant them 13 the goodwill and the satisfaction of their lord Ns²ʾkrb 14 Yhʾmn Yhrḥb king of Sabaʾ and ḏu- 15 Raydān son of ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and Yʾzl. |
Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 1614=AM 863 |
Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 29.6, w. 18.7, th. 11 |
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 |
Jamme 1962 a: 121-122, pl. 12 | 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: 4, pl. I | 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, 45-47, 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] |