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Ja 727 MaMB 215


Jamme 1962 a: pl. 34

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 letters2.8
Chronology
PeriodD. Conjectural
Textual typologyDedicatory text

GENERAL NOTES

The style and the writing are rough; the letters n are reversed.

TEXT

marker


   1  S¹ʿdʾwm ḏ-ʿf—
   2  m- w-bny-h S¹lmm bn—
   3  w-ʿfm ʾmrn ḥwr h—
   4  grn Ns²qm w-S¹ʿdʾ—
   5  wm f-rṯd mrʾ-hw
   6  ʾlmqhw bʿl-ʾw—
   7  m bn-hw S¹lmm l-ḥ<y>w
   8  grbt-hmw w-hqnyw-ṣ—
   9  lmm ḏ-ḏhbm w-l-s¹ʿdn-h
  10  wl<d>m w-fqlm

Apparatus
9-10We can hypothesize a haplography of w at the beginning of the line 10: w-l-s¹ʿdn-hw <w>l<d>m.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  S¹ʿdʾwm, of the family ʿfm
   2  and his son S¹lmm, of the family
   3  ʿfm ʾmrn, inhabitant of the
   4  town of Ns²qm, and S¹ʿdʾwm
   5  he committed to his lord
   6  ʾlmqhw, Lord of ʾwm,
   7  his son S¹lmm for the life
   8  of their persons; they dedicated the
   9  statue in bronze, and may He grant him
  10  child and crops.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositMārib
Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 32.8, w. 30.3, th. 6.5
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

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

Jamme 1962 a: 207-208, pl. 34Jamme, 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.
Nebes 1995 a: 136, 204Nebes, Norbert 1995. Die Konstruktionen mit /fa-/ im Altsüdarabischen. Syntaktische und epigraphische Untersuchungen. (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission, 40). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.