Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 2.5 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
English | |
1 [... ...] and their sons 2 Yḥmʾl and S¹ʿdʾwm and 3 Mʿdkrb of the family ḏ-Bydn and Whbm, 4 the Abyanites, vassals of ḏ-Nzḥtn, 5 dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, 6 the two statues in bronze that he promised [Him] 7 for their safety, and so that He should grant them prosperity 8 and good luck and the satisfaction of 9 their lords, by ʾlmqh Ṯhwn. |
Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 2358=AM 852 |
Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 29.5, w. 25, th. 11.5 |
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 |
Jamme 1962 a: 195-196, pl. 28 | 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. |
Doe and Jamme 1968: 6, pl. III | Doe, D. Brian and Jamme, Albert W.F. 1968. New Sabaean Inscriptions from South Arabia. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 100/1: 2-28. |
CIAS: ii, 91-93, 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] |