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Schm/Samsara 3
Müller, Walter W. 1982 b: pl. 37/b
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 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text | ||
| Royal inscription | Yes |
TEXT
1 Wqhʾl bn ʾlyfʿ m—
2 lk Mʿnm hqny Wdm ḏ-
3 Ms¹mʿm |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Wqhʾl son of ʾlyfʿ, king 2 of Maʿīn, dedicated to Wd 3 ḏ-Ms¹mʿm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with framework |
| Top | Concave |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Jabal Balaq al-Qiblī - Samsara |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Wd ḏ-Ms¹mʿm |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
The king of Maʿīn Wqhʾl son of ʾlyfʿ makes a dedication to Wdm in the temple Ms¹mʿm near Mārib. The text is Sabaic and it is a witness to the good relations between Maʿīn and Sabaʾ, probably in the 7th century BC.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Müller, Walter W. 1982 a: 104-105, pl. 37/b | Müller, Walter W. 1982. Die Inschriften vom Tempel des Waddum ḏū-Masma'im. Archäologische Berichte aus dem Yemen, 1: 101-106. |
| Rossi 2022: 375 | Rossi, Irene 2022. The city-states of the Jawf at the dawn of Ancient South Arabian history (8th-6th centuries BCE). II. Corpus of the inscriptions. (Arabia Antica, 17/2). Roma: «L'Erma» di Bretschneider. |