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CIH 536
By kind permission of British Museum
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 | 2 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 Hwfʿṯt w-ʿbdrymn
2 w-Hḥyʿṯt bny ʾ—
3 bnt ʾrymn ʾdm ḏ-ʿ—
4 qbn hqnyw ḏ-S¹mwy ʾ—
5 lh ʾmrm ʿdy Wtrm
6 ʾbln ḏ-ḏhbn l-wfy-
7 hmw w-wfy bʿr qnyw
8 w-yqnynn b-ḏ-S¹mwy
| 1 | ʿbdrys²n (Jamme 1971: 49), the CIH reading is preferable; the m is overturned. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Hwfʿṯt and ʿbdrymn 2 and Hḥyʿṯt, of the family ʾ- 3 bnt, the Ramanites, subjects of ḏ-ʿ- 4 qbn dedicated to ḏ-S¹mwy, the god of 5 ʾmrm in Wtrm 6 a camel of bronze for their well-being 7 and the well-being of cattle, which they possessed 8 and will possess. By ḏ-S¹mwy. |
| 3 | Strabo in Geographia XVI, 24 says that Marib belongs to the tribe of the Ramanites. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | London, The British Museum, BM 102602=1908,0414.3 |
| Support type | Artefact » Slab |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 25, w. 19, th. 10.5 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maʾrib |
| Ancient site | Mryb / Mrb |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple Wtrm of the god ḏ-S¹mwy. |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
Dedication of a statuette of a camel in bronze.The god was protecting caravans and trade.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1971 b | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1971. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe II. Washington. 2025/04/17; https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38250313. [Privately printed] |