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Ja 726 MaMB 214


Jamme 1962 a: pl. 33

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 letters2.9
Chronology
PeriodC. Conjectural
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT

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   1  Ṯwbm ḥm(ẓ)((ḥmw)) (bn) (Ys²r) ʾdm b—
   2  n ʿṯkln hqny ʾlmqh bʿl
   3  ʾwm ṣlmn ḏ-s¹twkl-hw l-wf—
   4  y bn-hw Whbṯwn bn Ys²r w-
   5  l s¹ʿd-hw wldm w-mngt ṣdqm

Apparatus
1The reading ḥmw is suggested by Beeston 1981 c: 66. The word is not present in SD.
Jamme 1962 and Jamme 1982: ḥmẓ.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Ṯwbm, ḥmẓ (or, ḥmw) of the family Ys²r, servant of
   2  the family ʿṯkln, dedicated to ʾlmqh, Lord of
   3  ʾwm, the statue which He sought from him for the
   4  safety of his son Whbṯwn, of the family Ys²r, and
   5  may He grant to him a child and perfect outcome.
1Jamme translates ḥmẓ "skinner", Beeston translates ḥmw "cognate".

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositMārib
Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 17.2, w. 21.6, th. 8.1
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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: 207, pl. 33Jamme, 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.
Beeston 1981 c: 66Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1981. Notes on Old South Arabian Lexicography XII. Le Muséon, 94: 55-73.
Jamme 1982: 2Jamme, Albert W.F. 1982. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe XII. Washington. 2025/04/17; https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38250303. [Privately printed]