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Ja 721 MaMB 185
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 34
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 | 1.6 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 ʿmrlt ḏt S²rḥm ʾ—
2 mt bn ʾnwyn hqny—
3 t ʾlmqh bʿl-ʾwm ḏn ṣl—
4 mn ḏ-s¹ʾl-hw b-ṣdġ-hw l-qb—
5 [l]y ḏ-s¹tydʿt-hw l-wldm w-r—
6 [ʾ] ḫmr-hw wldm bʿd (ḏ)-s¹tk[.]—
7 [... ʾ](l)mqh bn Rfʾm bn Hkrb—
8 [m ...]tt-hw Ms¹ḥm tldm
9 [... ...] ʾlmqh k-s¹ʾl-(h)—
10 [w ... ...]
| 6-7 | Jamme: ḏ-s¹tk-[n ʾ]lmqh. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʿmrlt of the family S²rḥm servant 2 of the family ʾnwyn, dedicated 3 to ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm this statue 4 which He asked her in His oracular manifestation, because 5 she sought from Him for a son, and then 6 He granted her a son after ʾlmqh 7 [... ... from Rfʾm, son of Hkrbm 8 [...] his ... Ms¹ḥm a birth 9 [... ...] ʾlmqh when He asked 10 him/her [... ...] |
| 6-7 | Jamme integrates: bʿd ḏ-s¹tk[n ʾ]lmqh bn and translates "after ʾlmqh was petitioned by". |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Mārib |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 14.5, w. 17.5, th. 5.7 |
| 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: 204-205, pl. 32 | 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. |
| Bron 1985 a: 136 | Bron, François 1985. Sur une locution conjonctive en araméen et en sabéen. Pages 133-136 in Christian J. Robin (ed.). Mélanges linguistiques offerts à Maxime Rodinson par ses élèves, ses collègues et ses amis. (Comptes rendus du Groupe linguistique d'études chamito-sémitiques. Supplément, 12). Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner. |