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MB 2004 S I-44
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 | ||
| Measure of letters | 1.3 (min.); 1.5 (max.) | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 Mʿdkrb w-ʾḫy-hw ʾbkrb w-W—
2 ldkrb w-bny-hw Ms¹ʿdm bnw ḏ-Ṯ—
3 wrm ʾs²s²n ʾdm ḏ-Grfm hqnyw ʾ—
4 lmqh-bʿl-ʾwm ṣlmn ḏ-ḏhbn ḥg—
5 n k-wqh-hmw mrʾ-hmw ʾlmqh b-m—
6 s¹ʾl-hmw l-ḫmr-hmw ʾlmqh-bʿl-ʾw—
7 m ʾwldm ʾḏkrm bn ʾṯt-hmw ʾ—
8 bzʾd ḏt Ṯwrm w-l-wzʾ ʾlmqh ḫ—
9 mr-hw ʾwldm ʾḏkrm hnʾm
10 ḥgn k-s¹tmlʾw b-ʿm-hw b-ms¹ʾ—
11 l-hw w-l-ḫryn-hmw ʾlmqh bn nḍ—
12 ʿ w-s²ṣy s²nʾm b-ʾlmqh-bʿl-ʾwm
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Maʿdīkarib and his brother Abkarib, and 2 Waladkarib and their sons Masʿūdum of the clan 3 Ḏū-Ṯawrum Ashshanites (from Naššān) subjects of Ḏū-Girāfum 4 dedicated a bronze statue to Almaqah Ṯahwān, Lord of Awām as 5 their Lord Almaqah ordered them through 6 His oracle, so that the Almaqah Ṯahwān Lord of Awām 7 may grant to them male children from their wife 8 Abzaʾad, of the Ḏū-Ṯawrum clan. May Almaqah continue to 9 bestow upon them healthy male offspring. 10 And may Almaqah deliver them from 11 evil and harm by any enemy. By Almaqah Lord of Awām. |
| Maraqten 2025: 307 | Maraqten, Mohammed 2025. Some women's inscriptions from ancient Yemen. Athīrat: Journal of Ancient Arabia, 1: 300-324. 2025/06/10; https://doi.org/10.1163/30504880-12340017. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Mārib, Museum |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 11.5, w. 17, th. 19.5 |
| Link to object record |
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 Ṯhwn bʿl ʾwm |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Maraqten 2025: 306-308, fig. 5 | Maraqten, Mohammed 2025. Some women's inscriptions from ancient Yemen. Athīrat: Journal of Ancient Arabia, 1: 300-324. 2025/06/10; https://doi.org/10.1163/30504880-12340017. |