Ja 689 MaMB 89; ZI 48
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 24
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 4.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 S¹ʿdʾwm bn ʾgylm ʾdm bn Ḥlḥlm hqny
2 ʾlmqh bʿl ʾwm ʾrbʿtn ʾṣlmn w-ṣl—
3 mtnhn l-wfy bny-hw Whbʾwm w-Ḏrḥn w-Ys²f |
4 w-Rbʾwm w-ʾs¹mwm w-ʿlym bnw ʾgylm w-l wfy-hw
5 w-wfy ʾbʿl byt-hmw b-ʿṯtr w-ʾlmqh w-ḏt-Ḥmym
| 3-4 | Four names of the children are male and two are female. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 S¹ʿdʾwm, of the family ʾgylm, vassals of the family Ḥlḥm, dedicated 2 to ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm, four statues and two 3 female statues for the safety of his sons Whbʾwm, Ḏrḥn, Ys²f, 4 Rbʾwm, ʾs¹mwm and ʿlym, of the family ʾgylm, and for his safety 5 and the safety of the owners of their house. By ʿṯtr and ʾlmqh and ḏt-Ḥmym. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Mārib |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 28.1, w. 64.8, th. 16.9 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maḥram Bilqīs |
| Ancient site | ʾwm |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl ʾwm |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1962 a: 185, pl. 24 | 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. |
| ʿInān 1976: 308-309 | ʿInān, Zaid b. ʿA 1976. Taʾriḫ ḥaḍāra al-Yaman al-qadīm. Cairo. |