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Ja 687 MaMB 64
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 23
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 | 1.3 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [Whbs²](m)s¹m bn Lqẓn [.]
2 [... ...] hqny ʾlmqh-Ṯ—
3 [hwn- bʿl-ʾ]wm ṣlmn ḏ-ḏh—
4 [bn ḥmd](m) l-qbly ḏt-b—
5 [... ...W]hbs²ms¹ bn Lq—
6 [ẓn ḫyl w-]mqm ʾlmqh-b(ʿ)—
7 [l-ʾwm bn] zḫnt zḫn-hw
8 [... ...]yn b-(s³)n byt Ḥ[... ...]
9 [... ...]hʿn w-mtʿn b-
10 [... ...]b ʿbd-hw Whb—
11 [s²ms¹m bn ]bʾs¹tm w-nkyt—
12 [m w-nḍʿ w]-(s²)ṣy s²nʾm b-ʾ—
13 [lmqh Ṯhwn bʿl ʾ]wm
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Whbs²ms¹m, of the family Lqẓn, 2 [... ...] dedicated to ʾlmqh 3 Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, the statue in 4 bronze, in praise because 5 [... ...] Whbs²ms¹, of the family Lqẓn, 6 [... ...] the power of ʾlmqh, 7 Lord of ʾwm, from the wound, he was wounded 8 [... ...] next to the house of Ḥ- 9 [... ...] to protect and to save 10 [... ...] His servant 11 [Whbs²ms¹m] from any evil and the mischief 12 [and the harm and] the malice of the enemy. By 13 [ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of] ʾwm |
| 8 | Jamme translates: under the low of the house of Ḥ[... ...]. See Jamme 1962 a: 184. |
| Jamme 1962 a: 184 | 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. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Mārib |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 24.5, w. 8.7, th. 7.5 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maḥram Bilqīs |
| Ancient site | ʾwm |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl ʾwm |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1962 a: 184, pl. 23 | 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. |