Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 2 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
English | |
1 Rbbʾwm, 2 the Fys²nyn, of 3 Ṣrfn, dedicated 4 to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, 5 Lord of ʾwm, 6 the statue in bronze, 7 for the safety of his 8 person as 9 his father promised. 10 By ʾlmqh, 11 Lord of ʾwm. |
Deposit | Mārib |
Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 28, w.10, th. 10.9 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Maḥram Bilqīs |
Ancient site | ʾwm |
Geographical area | Maʾrib |
Country | Yemen |
Found | In situ |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl ʾwm |
Link to site record |
Ryckmans, Gonzague 1957 a: 107-108, pl. I | Ryckmans, Gonzague 1957. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Quinzième série. Le Muséon, 70: 97-126. |
Jamme 1962 a: 189, pl. 26 | 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. |