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A-20-555


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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters9
Chronology
PeriodD
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT

marker


      [... ...]
   1  [... ...](m w)-(ḥ)ẓy w-rḍw[ mrʾ-h]—
   2  (m)w Ns²ʾkrb Yʾmn Yhrḥ(b)[ mlk]
   3  S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn w-l-ḫryn-hw b(n)[ n]—
   4  [ḍʿ] w-s²ṣy w-tṯʿt s²nʾm ḏ-(bn)-
   5  [hw ]dʿw w-ḏ-bn-hw ʾl dʿw
   6  (b)-ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾw(m)

Apparatus
1Sholan integrates [w-l-ḫmr-hw ʾlmqh Ṯhwn bʿl ʾwm ḥ]ẓy etc., but this cannot be confirmed by our reading.
2-3The king could be followed by the patronymic in the royal title, and this would imply a much longer lacuna.
However, the reconstruction of the formulary between ll.3 and 6 imposes to assume only few letters missing on both sides of the stone.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...].. and the goodwill and the satisfaction of their
   2  lord Ns²ʾkrb Yʾmn Yhrḥb, king
   3  of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, and may He deliver them from
   4  the maleficence, malice and slander of the enemy, the one
   5  they're aware of and the one they're not aware of,
   6  by ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositṢanʿāʾ, University Museum, A-20-555
Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 10.5, w. 18, th. 9
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteMaḥram Bilqīs
Ancient siteʾwm
Geographical areaMaʾrib
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of ʾlmqh Ṯhwn bʿl ʾwm
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Sholan 2005 a: 7-23, pl. 3Sholan, Amida 2005. Nuqūš Sabaʾiyya ǧadīda. Dirāsa taḥlīliyya fī dalālāti-hā al-luġawiyya wa-l-taʾrīkhiyya. Ages. A semi-annual journal of Historical, Archaeological and Civilizational Studies, 15/2: 7-23.