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Ja 734 MaMB 233
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 35
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 | 3.3 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [... ...]—
2 ṯ hs²(ʾ)m-hm[w] w-(ḥ)m(d)m b-ḏt [... ...]—
3 y ʾlmqhw Bqlm w-Yhʿn bny [... ...]
4 ḏ-Ḥḍnn w-ʾmh-hw ʾlt S²krt[ ... ...]
5 byt-hn w-ḏ-qnyy bn hwt [ ... ... w-]
6 l s¹ʿd-hmw ʾlmqh nʿmtm [... ...]
7 w-l ḫryn-hmw bn s²ṣy (s²)n(ʾ)m b-ʿṯt[r w-Hw]—
8 bs¹ w-ʾlmqh w-b-ḏt Ḥmym w-b-ḏt [Bʿdnm]
| 1-2 | Jamme integrates: brṯ. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] 2 he sold them and in praise because [... ...] 3 ʾlmqhw Bqlm and Yhʿn, the two sons of [... ...] 4 of Ḥḍnn, and his female vassals, those (fem.) of S²krt [... ...] 5 their (fem.) house and what they (fem.) possessed from that [... ...], and 6 may ʾlmqh grant them prosperity and good luck, 7 and may He save them from the malice of any enemy. By ʿṯtr and 8 Hwbs¹ and ʾlmqh, and by ḏt Ḥmym and by ḏt Bʿdnm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Mārib |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 32, w. 31, th. 24.8 |
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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: 211, pl. 35 | 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. |