Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic |
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
Script typology | Monumental writing |
Writing technique | Incision |
Measure of letters | 4.1 |
Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
English | |
1 S¹lmn son of [... ...] of the family 2 S¹ḥr, dedicated to ʾlmqh, Lord of 3 ʾwm, this stela in praise because 4 ʾlmqh saved the person of His servant S¹lmn 5 and his children and his cattle in the expedition 6 he carried on, and may ʾlmqh continue to protect 7 His servant S¹lmn and his children 8 and his cattle in every occasion. 9 By ʿṯtr and ʾlmqh. |
Support type | Stone inscription |
Material | Stone |
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 |
Botterweck 1950: 438-439 | Botterweck, G. Johannes 1950. Altsüdarabische Glaser-Inschriften. Orientalia, 19: 435-444. |