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Ja 706 MaMB 158
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 28
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 | 2.2 (max.); 1.7 (min.) | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 ʾmtʾlmqh s¹bʾytn bt
2 Ḫdqm hqnyt ʾlmqh-Ṯh—
3 wn- bʿl-ʾwm ṣlmtn ḏt
4 ḏhbn ḏ-s²ftt mrʾ-hmw
5 ʾlmqh l-hʿnn ʾmt-hw |
6 Nḍrt bn mrḍ mrḍ(t)
7 ʿyn-hw w-rʾ k-hʿn-hw
8 w-l-wzʾ hʿnn w-mtʿn
9 grybt-hmw bn bʾs¹tm
10 w-nkytm w-ṭwʿ s²nʾ—
11 (m b)-ʾlmqhw-bʿl-ʾwm
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾmtʾlmqh, she of Sabaʾ, of the family 2 Ḫdqm, dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, 3 Lord of ʾwm, the female statue in 4 bronze which she promised to their Lord 5 ʾlmqh, in order to help His servant 6 Nḍrt from the desease she suffered 7 in her eyes, and in fact He helped her; 8 may He continue to help and to save 9 their persons from the misfortune 10 and the mischief and the subjection to enemy. 11 By ʾlmqhw, Lord of ʾwm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Mārib |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 30.8, w. 19.6, th. 7.2 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maḥram Bilqīs |
| Ancient site | ʾwm |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl ʾwm |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1962 a: 195, pl. 28 | 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. |