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Ja 742 MaMB 252
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 | 2.7 |
| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
GENERAL NOTES
| Jamme says that the letters are irregular ("cursive lettering"). |
TEXT
1 [... ...]
2 [... ...ḏt ]
3 [... ... hqnyt ʾ]—
4 [lmqh Ṯhwn bʿ]—
5 l ʾwm [w-Ḥrw]—
6 nm ʾrbʿt ʾ—
7 ṣlmm w-ṣlm—
8 tn ḏ-s²ftt
9 l-bny-hw ʾbk—
10 rb w-S¹ʿdʾw<m>
11 w-Zy<d>m w-Tb—
12 ʿm w-Khlʿl
13 w-ʾbʿtd |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] 2 [... ...] 3 [... ... dedicated to] 4 [ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord] 5 of ʾwm and 6 Ḥrwnm, four 7 statues and two female statues 8 which she promised 9 for her children ʾbkrb 10 and S¹ʿdʾwm 11 and Zydm and 12 Tbʿm and Khlʿl 13 and ʾbʿtd. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Mārib |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 31.4, w. 19.9, th. 11.8 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maḥram Bilqīs |
| Ancient site | ʾwm |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl ʾwm |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1962 a: 217 | 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. |