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 |
English | |
1 Whbʾwm ibn ʿmydm and S¹ʿdtʾlb 2 ibn Ḏrḥʾl, the two assistants of Rbbns¹rm 3 ʾwḥs² descendant of Btʿ, dedicated to ʾlmqh Master of ʾwm 4 the two statues in bronze, whereby they praised the might of 5 ʾlmqh, because He saved the person of their lord 6 Rbbns¹rm ʾwḥs² from the sickness he suffered in 7 the town of Mrb, and because he granted His servants Whbʾwm 8 and S¹ʿdtʾlb a safe return from the raiding campaign 9 which they undertook in the land of Ḥimyar and 10 Rdmn, when they came back with an enemy casualty and plunder that satisfied 11 their hearts. And may ʾlmqh continue to grant His two servants 12 the goodwill and the satisfaction of their lord Rbbns¹rm 13 ʾwḥs² descendant of Btʿ, and the satisfaction of their tribe 14 Ḥmln, and may He protect them from the harm and malice of any 15 enemy, by ʾlmqh. |
Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 1652=AM 855 |
Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 32, w. 21.5, th. 12.2 |
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: 18-19, pl. III | 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, 37-39, 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] |