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Ja 686 MaMB 63; ZI 46


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 letters1.3-1.6
Chronology
PeriodD. Conjectural
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT

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   1  Ḥmlt w-Nʿms¹ʿd
   2  ḏty Gbʾt hqn[y]—
   3  tw ʾlmqh bʿl ʾwm ṣ—
   4  lmtn ḥmdm l-ḏt ḫmr-h—
   5  w wldm hyt mrʾtn Nʿm—
   6  s¹ʿd w-l-ḫmr-hmw s²wft g—
   7  rybt-hmw w-l-wzʾ ʾlmqh
   8  [mtʿn-hmw bn nḍʿ w-](s²)ṣy s²—
   9  [nʾm b-ʾlmqh bʿl ʾwm]

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Ḥmlt and Nʿms¹ʿd,
   2  (both) of the family Gbʾt dedicated
   3  to ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm, the
   4  female statue in praise because He granted
   5  her a child, to that lady Nʿms¹ʿd;
   6  and may He grant them the protection
   7  of their persons, and may continue ʾlmqh
   8  to save them from the harm and malice of the
   9  enemy. [By ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm].
5mrʾt could be translated "female child" i.e. "He granted her a child, that female child". The child would have the same name of the mother.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositMārib
Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 15.4, w. 12.9, th. 8.4
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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: 183-184, 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.
ʿInān 1976: 304ʿInān, Zaid b. ʿA 1976. Taʾriḫ ḥaḍāra al-Yaman al-qadīm. Cairo.