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Ja 752 MaMB 284


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 letters2.5 (max.); 2 (min.)
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT

marker


   1  ʿbdmlk ʾw—
   2  md w-S¹ʿdʾw—
   3  m w-S²rḥʾwm
   4  ʾzʾd bnw Ḥḍ—
   5  nn hqnyw mrʾ-
   6  hmw ʾlmqhw bʿ—
   7  l-ʾwm frs¹m ḏt
   8  ḏhbm ḏt s²ft-h—
   9  w l-grm mhrt-h—
  10  mw k-wldt mh—
  11  rtm ʾṯym w-hfy
  12  l-hmw mlʾ-hw w-
  13  l-zʾn mrʾ-hmw
  14  ʾlmqhw hfyn-h—
  15  mw w-bʿr-hmw

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  ʿbdmlk
   2  ʾwmd and S¹ʿdʾwm
   3  and S²rḥʾwm
   4  ʾzʾd, of the family Ḥḍnn,
   5  dedicated to their
   6  lord ʾlmqhw,
   7  Lord of ʾwm, a horse in
   8  bronze which they promised Him
   9  for the well-being (?) of their filly
  10  as (for them) a female filly
  11  was born. He granted
  12  them His favour, and
  13  may their Lord
  14  ʾlmqhw continue to protect them
  15  and their cattle.
5-11Stein's translation (Stein 2003 a: 68).
Stein 2003 a: 68Stein, Peter 2003. Untersuchungen zur Phonologie und Morphologie des Sabäischen. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 3). Rahden: Marie Leidorf GmbH / Westf.: Marie Leidorf GmbH.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositMārib
Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 70.5, w. 17.7, th. 13
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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: 223-224Jamme, 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.