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Ja 695 MaMB 116
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 25
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 | 2.9 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 ʾbs²(m)[r ʾw](l)ṭ bn Ġ(y)[m]—
2 n ʾbʿl bytnhn Ḏrḥ[n]
3 w-Yḥḍr ʾqwl s²ʿbn Ġymn hq(n)—
4 yw mrʾ-hmw ʾlmqhw Ṯhwn bʿl ʾw[m]
5 ṯwrm ḏ-ḏhbm ḥmdm b-ḏt (h)[ʿnn]
6 w-mtʿn ʿbd-hw ʾb(s²)[mr ʾwlṭ bn]
7 Ġymn bn ʾ[... ...]
8 Ẓfr w-ḥm[d ḫyl w-mqm mrʾ-hw]
9 ʾlmqhw Ṯhwn bʿl ʾwm [... ...]
10 rdʾ[... ...]
11 Ġym[n ... ...]
12 (bʿl)[... ...]
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾbs²mr ʾwlṭ, of the family Ġymn, 2 owners of the two palaces Ḏrḥn 3 and Yḥḍr, ʾqwl of the tribe Ġymn, dedicated 4 to their Lord ʾlmqhw Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, 5 a bull in bronze, in praise because He protected 6 and saved His servant ʾbs²mr ʾwlṭ of the family 7 Ġymn from [... ...] 8 Ẓfr, and he gave praise to the might and the power of his Lord 9 ʾlmqw Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm [... ...] to 10 assist [... ...] 11 Ġymn [... ...] 12 Lord [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Mārib |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 33.9, w. 42.5, th. 14.3 |
| 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: 188, pl. 25 | 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. |