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Ja 764 MaMB 28
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 37
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 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [... ... ḥmdm b-ḏt]
2 [ḫmr ʾlmqh ʾ]m—
3 t((s²ft))-h Ḥywt((ḥywt)) wld(m)
4 [w-]hwfy-hw ʾlmqh
5 [ḥ]—
6 yw bnt-h ʾḫt(ʾ)[l]
| 3 | Variants by J. Ryckmans. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] in praise because 2 ʾlmqh granted His 3 female servant Ḥywt a child, 4 and ʾlmqh granted her, 5 the life of her daughter ʾḫtʾl [... ...] |
| 1-5 | The text is fragmentary, the translation is hypothetical. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Mārib |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 15.2, w. 9.4 |
| 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: 229, pl. 37 | 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. |
| Ryckmans, Jacques 1966: 500 | Ryckmans, Jacques 1966. Himyaritica 2. Le Muséon, 79: 475-500. |