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Ja 705 MaMB 155


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 letters3
Chronology
PeriodC. Conjectural
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT

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   1  ʾlw(hb)[ ... ... ](m) w-ʾws¹ʿṯt( )bn—
   2  w ʿblm hqnyw ʾlmqh bʿ—
   3  l ʾwm ṣlmn ḏ-ḏhbn l-wf—
   4  y bn-hmw Ḍbʿn ḏ-s¹my ʾlmq—
   5  h ʾws¹ʾl bn ʿblm w-l ws³f-
   6  hmw ʾlmqh w-bn-hmw ʾw—
   7  s¹ʾl ʾwldm w-qnym b-ʿṯtr
   8  w-b ʾlmqh

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  ʾlwhb[ ... ...]m and ʾws¹ʿṯt
   2  of the family ʿblm, dedicated to ʾlmqh, Lord
   3  of ʾwm, the statue in bronze for the safety
   4  of their son Ḍbʿn, whom ʾlmqh caused
   5  ʾws¹ʾl, of the family ʿblm, to name so; and may
   6  ʾlmqh add to them and to their son ʾws¹ʾl children and properties. By ʿṯtr
   7  and by ʾlmqh.
4-5Jamme: "of their son Ḍbʿn whom ʾlmqh has named ʾws¹ʾl".

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositMārib
Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 28.2, w. 37.6, th. 15
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

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

Jamme 1962 a: 195, 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.
Ryckmans, Jacques 1981 c: 288-290Ryckmans, Jacques 1981. Un parallèle sud-arabe à l'imposition du nom de Jean-Baptiste et de Jésus. Pages 283-294 in Roswitha G. Stiegner (ed.). al-Hudhud. Festschrift Maria Höfner zum 80. Geburtstag. Graz: Karl-Franzens-Universität.
Jamme 1982: 7-16Jamme, Albert W.F. 1982. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe XII. Washington. 2025/04/17; https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38250303. [Privately printed]