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Ja 725 MaMB 196
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 33
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 | 3.5 (max.); 2.3 (min.) | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 Rbṯwn w-Ṣdqn ʾdm Qr[... ...]
2 [... ...]
3 [... ...]r Rbṯ—
4 wn [ ... ...w]qh-hw b-m—
5 s¹ʾl-hw [ ... ... ʾ](ṣ)lmm b-ḥm—
6 d mqm ʾlmqh b-ḏt hʿn w-mtʿn ʾl—
7 mqh ʿbd-hw Rbṯwn bn zḫn w-ʾṯ—
8 [ʾr ] (twṯb)-(h)w w-ṯʾr-hw Whbm [... ...]
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Rbṯwn and Ṣdqn, servants of Qr[... ...] 2 [... ...] 3 [... ...] Rbṯwn 4 [... ...] He ordered to him in His 5 oracle [... ...] statues in praise 6 of the power of ʾlmqh, because ʾlmqh helped and saved 7 His servant Rbṯwn from the wound and the 8 blood-revenges which Whbm inflicted on him and by which he took vengeance on him[... ...] |
| 8 | It is not clear if Whbm is the subject of the sentence. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Dimensions | h. 26.6, w. 27.5, th. 15 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maḥram Bilqīs |
| Ancient site | ʾwm |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl ʾwm |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1962 a: 206-207, pl. 33 | 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. |