Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 1.6 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
English | |
1 Rṯdṯwn, of the family Qs²mn, 2 dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord 3 of ʾwm, the statue in bronze as he had 4 promised Him for his safety and his wife 5 (also dedicated) a female statue, for their safety and 6 the safety of their children, and they praised 7 the power of ʾlmqh, because He delivered them from 8 a calamity, which had fallen upon them, and may He save 9 their persons from evil 10 and mischief; by ʾlmqh. |
7-8 | Jamme relates ḫl to ḫyl, while Beeston in CIAS to Ar. ḫallā "set free". Jamme: "and they praised ʾIlumquh for having forced them out of a confrontation which occurred upon them". The root qbl implies the idea of something facing something else. |
CIAS: i, 79-80 | 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] |
Jamme 1985: 261 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1985. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe XIV. Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A203545#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed] |
Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 440 |
Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 23, w. 18, th. 9.5 |
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 |
CIAS: i, 79-81 (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] |