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Ja 701 MaMB 143


Jamme 1962 a: pl. 27

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 letters2.3
Chronology
PeriodD
Textual typologyDedicatory text

GENERAL NOTES

Below the inscription several letters are engraved which do not belong to the text (Ja 701B): h l ḥ m. We have here the beginning of the alphabetical order in ASA (Robin and Bron 1974) and not a proper name (Jamme).

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ...]
   2  (Ḥbbt)( hqny ) (ʾlmq)—
   3  h- bʿl-ʾwm ḏn ṣlmn ḥmd—
   4  m b-ḏ hwfy-hmw b-kl ʾm—
   5  lʾ ys¹tmlʾn b-ʿm-hw w-
   6  l-wzʾ hwfy-hw w-hwfyn
   7  grybt bny-hw Whbʿṯt
   8  w-Rbṯwn b-ʾlmqh-bʿl-ʾwm

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...]
   2  Ḥbbt dedicated to ʾlmqh,
   3  Lord of ʾwm, this statue in praise
   4  because He gratified them with all the favours
   5  they have been seeking Him for, and
   6  may He continue to gratify him and to protect
   7  the persons of his sons Whbʿṯt
   8  and Rbṯwn. By ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositMārib
Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 35, w. 22.7, th. 9
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

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

Jamme 1962 a: 191-192, pl. 27Jamme, 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.
Robin and Bron 1974: 78-79Robin, Christian J. and Bron, François 1974. Nouvelles données sur l'ordre des lettres de l'alphabet sud-arabique. Semitica, 24: 77-82.