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Ja 729 MaMB 225


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 letters2.3 (min.); 3.3 (max.)
Chronology
PeriodD
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT

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   1  S¹ʿdm S²b—
   2  ʿn w-bny-h—
   3  w ʿmrn hq—
   4  ny mrʾ-h—
   5  mw ʾlmqh—
   6  w bʿl ʾwm
   7  | ṣlmm ḏ-ḏ—
   8  hbm ḏ-s²ft-
   9  [hw k]-(h)my( yld)—
  10  n (l)-hw ḏkrm |
  11  w-ḫmr-hmw w-w—
  12  fyw mrʾ-hmw |
  13  ʾlmqhw bʿ—
  14  l ʾwm ḏ-s²ft-
  15  hw |

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  S¹ʿdm S²bʿn
   2  and his son
   3  ʿmrn dedicated
   4  to their lord
   5  ʾlmqhw,
   6  Lord of ʾwm,
   7  the statue in
   8  bronze which he promised
   9  Him if there should be born
  10  for him a child,
  11  and He granted them (that); they
  12  paid to their lord
  13  ʾlmqhw, Lord
  14  of ʾwm, what he promised
  15  Him.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositMārib
Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 58.6, w. 14.7
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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: 208-209, 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.