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Ja 755 MaMB 296
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 | 1.5 |
| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
GENERAL NOTES
| The inscription is most likely = BM 1985,0223. 123 (Prioletta, Arbach 2016: 211, n. 14) |
TEXT
1 Rdmyn ḏ-[Ṣ]—
2 rfn hqny
3 ʾlmqh Ṯhwn-bʿ—
4 l-ʾwm ṭfn ḏ-ṣr—
5 fn w-ṣlmn ḏ-ḏhbn hqnyt
6 s²ft-hw l-wfy-hw w-wfy ʾw[l]—
7 d-hw b-ʾlmqh
| 1-2 | Jamme's integration. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Rdmyn, of 2 Ṣrfn, dedicated 3 to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, 4 Lord of ʾwm, the plaque in silver 5 and the statue in bronze, dedication 6 which he promised Him for his safety and the safety of his 7 children. By ʾlmqh. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Mārib |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 12.7, w. 15.7th. 12.4 |
| Link to object record |
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: 226 | 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. |
| Prioletta and Arbach 2016 | Prioletta, Alessia and Arbach, Mounir 2016. Nouveaux documents sabéens. Semitica et Classica. Revue Internationale d'Études Orientales et Méditerranéennes, 9: 209-214. |