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Ja 761 MaMB 311


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT

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   1  [... ... hqnyw ʾlmq]h
   2  Ṯh[wn] bʿl ʾwm ṣlmn [... ...h]ʿn bytn
   3  S¹lḥn w-ʾbʿl-hw w-l-ḏt nʿmt w-tnʿmn l-hmw ʿm mlk ʾlmqh b-ʿṯtr
   4  w-Hbs¹ w-ʾlmqh w-b-ḏt Ḥmym w-b-ḏt Bʿdnm w-b-s²ms¹ mlkn Tnf

Apparatus
2The integration mt]ʿn is possible.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...] dedicated to ʾlmqh
   2  Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, the statue [... ...] He protected the house
   3  S¹lḥn and its owners, and for what has been and will be favourable for them with the property (?) of ʾlmqh. By ʿṯtr
   4  and Hbs¹ and ʾlmqh, and by ḏt Ḥmym and by ḏt Bʿdnm, and by the solar deity of the king Tnf.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositMārib
Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription
MaterialStone
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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: 228Jamme, 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.