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Ja 690 MaMB 97
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 24
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 | 1.5-1.6 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 Yḥmd mqtwy S¹ʿdʾwm ʾs¹—
2 ʿ(d) w-ʾḫy-hw ʾḥmd bny
3 |Zbnr hqny ʾlmqh Ṯhwn b—
4 ʿl ʾwm ṣlmn w-ṣlmtn ḏ-ḏhb—
5 n ḥmdm b-ḏt ḫmr-hw ʾlmq—
6 h ḥyw l-hw bny-hw ʾbkrb w-Ḥ—
7 qbḥmd w-l-wzʾ ʾlmqh Ṯhw—
8 n bʿl ʾwm s¹ʿd ʿbd-hw Yḥ—
9 md ʾwldm w-nʿmtm w-mngt
10 ṣdqm w-ḥẓy w-rḍw s²ʿb-hm—
11 w S¹bʾ w-ʾmrʾ-hmw bny|
12 Zbnr b-ʾlmqhw Ṯhwn bʿl ʾwm
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Yḥmd, mqtwy of S¹ʿdʾwm ʾs¹ʿd, 2 and his brother ʾḥmd, of the family 3 Zbnr dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, 4 Lord of ʾwm, a male statue and a female statue in bronze, 5 in praise because ʾlmqh granted him 6 the survival for him of his sons ʾbkrb and 7 Ḥqbḥmd, and may continue ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, 8 Lord of ʾwm, to bestow on His servant Yḥmd 9 children and prosperity and good 10 luck, and the goodwill and the satisfaction of their tribe 11 Sabaʾ and their lords of the family 12 Zbnr. By ʾlmqhw Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Mārib |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 24.5, w. 16, th. 7.7 |
| 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: 185-186, pl. 24 | 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. |