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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
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

GENERAL NOTES

[... ...]zr f[... ...] is incised on the left side of the object.

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ...]
   2  [ṣlm]nhn l-wfy-hw w-wfy ʾ[n]—
   3  ḫl w-tbqlt ṣyḥ w-bqln [ʿd]—
   4  [y s¹]flm w-ʾrḍ bn Ḥzfrm b-ʿṯ[t]—
   5  [r] w-Hbs¹ w-ʾlmqh w-ḏt-Ḥmym w-ḏt-
   6  [Bʿdnm ... ...]

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...]
   2  these statues for his safety and for the safety of
   3  the palmgrooves (which) he laid out and planted
   4  up to lowland and the territory of the family Ḥzfrm. By ʿṯtr
   5  and Hbs¹ and ʾlmqh and ḏt-Ḥmym and ḏt-
   6  [Bʿdnm ... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositMārib
Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 42.5, th. 21.7
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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: 243Jamme, 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.