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Ja 815 MaMB 166


Jamme 1962 a: pl. 48

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 letters1.7-1.9
Chronology
PeriodD
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT

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   1  [... ... ]bnw ʾ[ḥgrm]
   2  [hqnyw ʾlmqh] bʿl ʾwm ṣlmn
   3  [... ... ](ḏ)-ḏhbn ḏ-s²ft-hw ḥ—
   4  [mdm b-ḏt ... ... ]grybt bny-hmw D—
   5  [ws¹m w-Rbʿ... ...]bnw ḏ-ʾḥgrm w-
   6  [l-wzʾ ... ... ḫr]yn w-mtʿn grybt
   7  [... ... bny-h]mw Dws¹m w-Rbʿ—
   8  [... ... w-l-ḫryn]-hmw bn bʾs¹tm
   9  [... ... b-ʾ]lmqh bʿl ʾwm

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...] of the family ʾḥgrm,
   2  [dedicated to ʾlmqh], Lord of ʾwm, this statue
   3  [... ...] in bronze, which they promised Him, in
   4  [praise because ... ...] (the persons of their sons
   5  [Dws¹m and Rbʿ... ...], of the family ʾḥgrm, and
   6  [may He continue ... ...] to deliver and save the persons
   7  [... ...] of their two sons Dws¹m and Rbʿ-
   8  [... ... and may He deliver] them from harm
   9  [... ...]. By ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositMārib
Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription
MaterialStone
Dimensionsw. 12.9, th. 11
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteMaḥram Bilqīs
Ancient siteʾwm
Geographical areaMaʾrib
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl ʾwm
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Jamme 1962 a: 240-241, pl. 48Jamme, 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.