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Ja 828 MaMB 18


Jamme 1962 a: pl. 50

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 letters1.8
Chronology
PeriodD. Conjectural
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT

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   1  [... ...]
   2  [... ... Gd](s²)fq (Ḫ)[... ...]
   3  [hqnyt ]ʾlmqh Ṯ[hwn bʿl ʾ]—
   4  [wm ](ṣ)lmtn ḏt-[ḏhbn ḥ]—
   5  [mdm] b-ḏt ḫmr-hw [ʾlmqh wl]—
   6  [dm ]w-s¹twfyn l-h[w ... ...]
   7  (y)s¹tmyn Gds²fq [... ...]—
   8  l ʾmh mlkn (b)-(ʾ)[lmqh ... ...]

Apparatus
6Jamme integrates: l-h[w bntm ḏt], but if the reading (y)s¹tmyn at the beginning of the line 7 is right, Gds²fq is a male, otherwise the verbal form should have been ts¹tmyn.
7-8Jamme integrates: [bʿ]l.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...]
   2  [... ...] Gds²fq Ḫ[... ...]
   3  dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn [Lord of]
   4  [ʾwm] this female statue in [bronze, in]
   5  [praise] because ʾlmqh granted her
   6  [a child] and He has given protection to her [... ...]
   7  who is named Gds²fq [... ...]
   8  the femal servants of the king. By ʾlmqh [... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositMārib
Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 24, w. 12.5, th. 11.5
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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: 244, pl. 50Jamme, 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.