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Ja 571 MaMB 189
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 4
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 | 1.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [... ... w-l-ḫmr-hw ʾ](l)m(qh)-Ṯ(h)wn-b—
2 (ʿl)-(ʾ)wm (ḥ)ẓy w-rḍw mrʾ-hmw ʾl—
3 s²rḥ Yḥḍb mlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn
4 w-l-s¹ʿd-hw wfy grb-hw w-ʾṯmrm
5 w-ʾfqlm ṣdqm ḏ-yhrḍyn ʿbd-h—
6 w Hwfʿṯt ʾzʾd bn Yṣḥm w-l-ḫ—
7 ryn-hw bn nḍʿ w-s²ṣy s²nʾm w-ḏ-d—
8 ʿw w-ʾl dʿw b-ʾlmqhw-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] and might ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, 2 Lord of ʾwm, grant to him the goodwill and the satisfaction of their lord 3 ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb, king of S¹bʾ and ḏu-Raydān; 4 and might He grant to him the safety of his person, perfect 5 fruits, crops and harvests, which may satisfy His servant 6 Hwfʿṯt ʾzʾd, son of Yṣḥm; and might He preserve 7 him from the harm and the malice of enemy, the one that are 8 aware of and the one that are not aware of; by ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Mārib |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. max. 17.6 (left), h. min. 15 (right), w. 21.2, th. 8.7 |
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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 |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1962 a: 57-58, pl. 4 | 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. |