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Ja 598 MaMB 195
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 | 2.3 (max.); 2.1 (min.) | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [... ... mrʾy-]
2 (h)mw ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb[ w-ʾḫy-hw Yʾzl Byn mlky S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Ry]—
3 dn bny Frʿm Ynh(b)[ mlk S¹bʾ ... ... w-l-ḏt nʿmt w-t]—
4 nʿmn l-hmw w-l-ḫmr-h[mw ... ... w-ʾ]—
5 ḫfd ṣdqm w-l-hʿn[n-hmw ʾlmqh bn nḍʿ w-s²ṣy w-tṯʿt w-ʿ]—
6 bṭt s²nʾm b-ʾl(m)[qh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm ... ... w-b-s²ym-hmw Tʾ]—
7 lb Rymm w-Ḥgrm Q(ḥ)[mm ... ...]
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] their two lords 2 ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and his brother Yʾzl Byn, the two kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, 3 sons of Frʿm Ynhb king of Sabaʾ [... ...] and because has been and 4 will be favourable to them, and might He grant to them [... ...] and 5 perfect grandchild, and might ʾlmqh protect them from the maleficence, malice, slander and 6 the calamities of the enemy; by ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm [... ...] and by their Patron 7 Tʾlb Rymm and Ḥgrm Qḥmm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Mārib |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 16.5, w. 20.5, th. 8 |
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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: 100-101 | 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. |