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Ja 673
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 20
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Boustrophedon | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 4.4 | ||
| Chronology |
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TEXT
1 Ḏʾbn mqwtn b[... ...]
2 [... ... ] (w)-b mrʾ-hw Yṯʿ—
3 ʾmr Wtr w-b-ʾ[... ... ]
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Ḏʾbn mqwtn [... ...] 2 [... ...] and by his lord Yṯʿʾmr 3 Wtr and by [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Mārib |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 15.1, w. 21, th. 6.3 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maḥram Bilqīs |
| Ancient site | ʾwm |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl ʾwm |
| Notes | The inscription probably comes from the entrance of the ʾwm temple. |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
H. von Wissmann 1982: 358 dates the king at the beginning of the forth century BC, but we can also suppose that here is quoted the mukarrib of Sabaʾ of the eight century BC.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1962 a: 179-180, pl. 20 | 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. |
| Wissmann 1982: 358-359, fig. 117 (facsimile) | Wissmann, Hermann von 1982. Die Geschichte von Sabaʾ II. Das Grossreich der Sabäer bis zu seinem Ende im frühen 4. Jh. v. Chr. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophischhistorische Klasse, 402). Vienna: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. [Walter W. Müller (ed.)] |