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Ja 810+Ja 794 MaMB 125+MaMB 76
Jamme 1962 a: pls 46-47
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 | 1.6-1.7 |
| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
GENERAL NOTES
| The palaeography of Ja 810 and Ja 794 is similar, but it is completely hypothetic that the two fragments belong to the same inscription. |
TEXT
1 [... ... ʾl]mqh bʿ(l)[ ʾwm ... ...]
2 [... ... l]-wfy bn-hw [... ...]
3 [... ...] ʾlmqh l-wfy-hw [... ...]
| Jamme believes that Ja 794=MaMB 76 belongs to the same text. Ja 794: [... ...]f-hw ʾlmqh ʾ[... ...]. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Mārib |
| Support type | Artefact » Plaque |
| Material | Alabaster |
| Dimensions | Ja 810: h. 6, w. 6.2, th. 5.8 |
| 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: 239-240, pls 46-47 | 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. |