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Ja 685 MaMB 57


Jamme 1962 a: pl. 23

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 letters1.9
Chronology
PeriodD. Conjectural
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT

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   1  [... ...]—
   2  [.]m [w-ḥmd ḫ](y)l w-mq(m) ʾ(lmqh) b(ʿl) ʾ(wm)
   3  [b]-ḏt mtʿ-hw bn ywm ḥrbt b-M—
   4  [.]lwn w-ʾlmqh w-l-yzʾn mtʿ(n ʿ)—
   5  [b]d-hw Ḏrʿt bn nḍ(ʿ) w-s²ṣy s²nʾm b-
   6  [ʾ]lmqh bʿl ʾwm

TRANSLATIONS

English

      
   1  [.]m and he gave praise to the might and the power of ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm,
   2  because He saved him from the time of the battle in
   3  M[.]lwn and ʾlmqh may also continue to save
   4  his servant Ḏrʿt from the harm and the malice of the enemy. By
   5  ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm.
4-5Partial translation in Nebes 1995 a: 218/214.
Nebes 1995 a: 218/214Nebes, Norbert 1995. Die Konstruktionen mit /fa-/ im Altsüdarabischen. Syntaktische und epigraphische Untersuchungen. (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission, 40). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositMārib
Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 13.4, w. 19.4, th. 12.8
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

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

Jamme 1962 a: 183, pl. 23Jamme, 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.