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Ja 648 MaMB 94


Jamme 1962 a: pl. 15

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters1.5
Chronology
PeriodD
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ...](w)-[..]
   2  yh[... ... h](qny)w ʾ—
   3  lmqh bʿ(l )ʾwm ṣlmn ḏ-ḏhb—
   4  n l-qbly ḏt ḫmr-hw ḥyw |
   5  l-hw brw-hw ʾbs²mr w-l-ḫ—
   6  mr-hw (ʾ)lmqh ḥẓy w-rḍ—
   7  w mrʾ-hmw Ys¹rm Yhnʿm w-
   8  S²mr Yhrʿs² ʾmlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-R—
   9  ydn w-l-hʿnn-hmw bn nḍʿ w-
  10  s²ṣy s²nʾm b-ʾlmqh b—
  11  ʿl-ʾwm

Apparatus
1-2Jamme reads and restores: (N)[... ... w-... ...](n w-bny-h)[mw ʾbs²mr h](qny)w.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...]
   2  [... ...] dedicated to
   3  ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm, the statue in bronze
   4  because He granted him the surviving
   5  for him of his son ʾbs²mr, and may
   6  ʾlmqh grant him the goodwill and the satisfaction
   7  of their lord Ys¹rm Yhnʿm and
   8  S²mr Yhrʿs², kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-
   9  Radyān, and may He deliver them against the malice and the
  10  maleficence of any enemy, by ʾlmqh,
  11  Lord of ʾwm.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 22.7, w. 17.1, th. 10.2
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteMaḥram Bilqīs
Ancient siteʾwm
Geographical areaMaʾrib
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl ʾwm
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Jamme 1962 a: 150-151, pl. 15Jamme, 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.