CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions

DASI

Ghul-Mārib 1


Bron 1992: 69
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodC. Conjectural
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT


      [... ...]
   1  [... ...] b-mlʾ w-ms¹ʾl ʾlmqh Ṯhwn bʿl ʾwm k-l-k-ḏy l[... ...]
   2  [... ...m]ḥrmn ḏ-ʾwm k-l-k-ḏy l-yhbʾn ʾns¹m ḏbḥ[... ...]
   3  [... ...] yḏbḥn-hw bʿl-hw ʾln w-hmy ʾl ṣḥ hʾ ḏbḥn f[... ...]
   4  [... ...]ḏ-hwfr-hw w-hmy yʿrbn frs¹m w-ḏbḥm w-l-y[... ...]

TRANSLATIONS

CSAI
English

      
   1  [... ...] by the favour and the oracle of ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, that [... ...]
   2  [... ...] the sanctuary of ʾwm, that a man brings a victime [... ...]
   3  [... ...] his lord sacrifices for Him these and if that victime is without stain [... ...]
   4  [... ...] he who performed a pilgrimage and if he offers a horse and a victime [... ...]
3Nebes translation's "und wenn dieses Opfer nicht in Ordnung ist, dann".
Nebes 1995 a: 271Nebes, Norbert 1995. Die Konstruktionen mit /fa-/ im Altsüdarabischen. Syntaktische und epigraphische Untersuchungen. (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission, 40). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteMaḥram Bilqīs
Ancient siteʾwm
Geographical areaMaʾrib
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple ʾlmqh Ṯhwn bʿl ʾwm
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bron 1992: 69-70 (photo)Bron, François 1992. Mémorial Mahmud al-Ghul. Inscriptions sudarabiques. Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner / Sanʿāʾ: Centre français d'études yéménites.
Nebes 1995 a: 271Nebes, Norbert 1995. Die Konstruktionen mit /fa-/ im Altsüdarabischen. Syntaktische und epigraphische Untersuchungen. (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission, 40). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.