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MB 2004 I-109
Maraqten 2021: 442, fig. 19-8
Maraqten 2021: 442, fig. 19-8
Maraqten 2021: 442, fig. 19-7
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [... l-]
2 ḥḍr ʾlmqh l-wldt ḥʾ ʾṯtn Bḥrlt ḏt ʿḏr—
3 n ġlmm mytm w-ḥmdw ḫyl w-mqm ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn
4 bʿl ʾwm b-ḏt hʿn w-mtʿn grb ʾmt-hw Bḥrlt ḏt ʿ—
5 ḏrn w-bn ṭmʾn nfs¹ wld-hw b-thmw [...]n b-
6 ḥḍr ʾlmqh ḏ-ʾbhy w-l-wzʾ ʾlmqh [Ṯhwn] bʿl ʾw—
7 m hʿnn w-mtʿn ʾdm-hw bny ʿḏrn bn [bʾs¹tm w-]n—
8 kytm w-mngt s¹wʾm w-nḍʿ w-s²ṣy ʾns¹m ḏ-rḥq w-q—
9 rb w-l-s¹ʿd-hmw ʾlmqh Ṯhwn bʿl ʾwm ḥẓy w-rḍ—
10 w mrʾ-hmw Lḥyʿṯt Yrḫm mlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn
11 w-ʾwldm ʾḏkrm hnʾm w-ʾṯmr ṣdqm ʿdy
12 ʿbrt-hmw w-ms²mt-hmw ḏ-yhrḍyn-hmw b-ʾlm—
13 qh Ṯhwn bʿl ʾwm
| 3 | glmm corrected into ġlmm as in the photo. (CSAI) |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 31, w. 22 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maḥram Bilqīs |
| Ancient site | ʾwm |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In ancient times |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple |
| Notes | This fragmentary limestone base of a statuette has been discovered reemployed as a floor slab in the peristyle court of the temple of ʾwm (Maraqten 2021: 442, fig. 19.7). |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Maraqten 2021: 440-444, figs 19.7-19.8 | Maraqten, Mohammed 2021. The pilgrimage to the Awām-temple/Maḥram Bilqīs, Maʾrib, Yemen. Pages 430-462 in George Hatke and Ronald Ruzicka (eds). South Arabia long-distance trade in antiquity: "Out of Arabia". Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. |