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Ja 595+Ja 791 MaMB 126+MaMB 72
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 9
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 9
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 42
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 | Ja 595: 1.7, Ja 791: 3 (according to Jamme) | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
GENERAL NOTES
| Jamme notes the similarity between the palaeography of Ja 595 and Ja 791 but maintains the two fragments as part of different inscriptions because of a different height of the letters and the color of the stone. Ryckmans, though not giving a new edition of the text, demonstrates that the two fragments can be perfectly matched together. |
TEXT
1 [... ... w-l]
2 (s¹ʿd)-(h)w ḥẓy w-r[ḍw mrʾy-hmw ʾl]—
3 s²rḥ Yḥḍb w-[ʾḫy-hw Yʾzl Byn]
4 mlky S¹b(ʾ)↯ w-ḏ-R(y)[dn bny Frʿm Y]—
5 nhb (m)↯lk S¹(bʾ)[ ... ...]
6 [.]rb w-ʾ[... ...]
7 ʿdy (kl)[ ... ...]
8 [... ...]
| 6 | Jamme: (kr)b w-(ʾṣb)[... ...]. However, a possible restoration could be: (ṣ)rb w-ʾ(ṯm)[r]. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | Ja 595: h. 7, w. 9.6, th. 16; Ja 971: h. 4.7, w. 14.8, th. 14.1 |
| Link to object record |
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
| Jamme 1962 a: 100, 235, pls 9, 42 | 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. |
| Ryckmans, Jacques 1966: 479, pl. I/a | Ryckmans, Jacques 1966. Himyaritica 2. Le Muséon, 79: 475-500. |