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Ja 634 MaMB 273; ZI 31
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 | 3 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 S²rḥm bn Ḫḏwt w-Rg—
2 lm hqny ʾlmqhw Ṯ—
3 hwn bʿl ʾwm ḏn ṣlmn b—
4 n ġnm-hmw bn hgrn Qryt—
5 m ḏt Khlm((Qrytm ḏt Khlm)) l-s¹ʿd-hmw ʾlm—
6 qhw ḥẓy w-rḍw mrʾ-hmw S²ʿ—
7 rm ʾwtr mlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Ry—
8 dn bn ʿlhn Nhfn mlk |
9 S¹bʾ w-l s¹ʿd-hmw nʿmtm |
10 w-wfym w-l hʿnn-hmw
11 bn bʾs¹tm b-ʾlmqh
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 S²rḥm, of the family Ḫḏwt and Rg- 2 lm, dedicated to ʾlmqhw 3 Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, this statue from 4 their booty from the town of Qrytm 5 ḏt Khlm, so that ʾlmqhw grants them 6 the goodwill and the satisfaction of their lord S²ʿrm 7 ʾwtr, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, 8 son of ʿlhn Nhfn, king of 9 Sabaʾ; so that He grants them prosperity 10 and safety and delivers them 11 from any evil. By ʾlmqh. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 48.9, w. 28.7, th. 45.9 |
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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 Ṯhwn bʿl ʾwm |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1962 a: 136 | 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. |
| ʿInān 1976: 265-266 | ʿInān, Zaid b. ʿA 1976. Taʾriḫ ḥaḍāra al-Yaman al-qadīm. Cairo. |