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Ja 818 MaMB 197


Jamme 1962 a: pl. 49

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 letters2.8-3
Chronology
PeriodC. Conjectural
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT

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   1  [... ... hqny((hqnyw)) ʾl]—
   2  [mqhw bʿ](l )(ʾwm)( mṯln ḏ)-(ḏhb)[n]
   3  [ḥg-n ḏt wq]h-hmw ʾlmqhw b-[m]—
   4  [s¹ʾl-hw l-]wfy bn-hmy ʾḥḏr [w-]
   5  [l-s³f-hm]w ʾlmqh ʾwl(dm) (ʾḏ)[k]—
   6  [rwm] (hnʾ)m ʾl(y y)wfy-(h)[mw ... ...]

Apparatus
The integrations are proposed by Jamme.
Unaccurate script; the letter m is reversed.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ... dedicated to]
   2  [ʾlmqhw, Lord of ʾwm the image in bronze]
   3  [according to what] ʾlmqh ordered to them in
   4  [His oracle] for the safety of their son ʾḥḏr and
   5  may ʾlmqh [add to them] male
   6  healthy children whom He would protect [... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositMārib
Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription
MaterialStone
Dimensionsth. 14
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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: 242, pl. 49Jamme, 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.