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Gl 1126 A 169
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 | 4.1 |
| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 S¹lmn b[n ... ...] ḏ-
2 S¹ḥr hqny ʾlmqh b[ʿl]
3 ʾwm wṯnn ḥmdm l-ḏt [hw]fy
4 ʾlmqh grb ʿbd-h[w S¹lm]n
5 w-ʾwld-hw w-bʿr-hw [b-ms¹b]ʾ
6 s¹bʾ w-l wzʾ ʾlmqh [hwf]yn
7 ʿbd-hw S¹lmn w-ʾ[wl]d-hw
8 w-bʿr-hw b-kl [ʾbr]ṯm
9 b-ʿṯtr w-ʾl[mqh]
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 S¹lmn son of [... ...] of the family 2 S¹ḥr, dedicated to ʾlmqh, Lord of 3 ʾwm, this stela in praise because 4 ʾlmqh saved the person of His servant S¹lmn 5 and his children and his cattle in the expedition 6 he carried on, and may ʾlmqh continue to protect 7 His servant S¹lmn and his children 8 and his cattle in every occasion. 9 By ʿṯtr and ʾlmqh. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maḥram Bilqīs |
| Ancient site | ʾwm |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl ʾwm |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Botterweck 1950: 438-439 | Botterweck, G. Johannes 1950. Altsüdarabische Glaser-Inschriften. Orientalia, 19: 435-444. |