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Ja 851 MaMB 317
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 |
| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 s²ʿbn S¹b[ʾ Khln ... ... hqnyw ʾlmqh bʿl]
2 ʾwm ṯlṯtn ʾ[... ...] ḥmdm b-ḏt ḫmr-hmw ʾlmqh b—
3 ʿl ʾwm hwfyn w-t[... ...]
4 ḏt-brqn s¹bʿt ḫrft[... ...]
5 ʾs¹rr-hmw Ys¹rn w-Hbs²(m)[ ... ...]
6 w-ḏ ytlwn-hw ʾḏbḥm w-[... ...]
7 s¹qym mhḏrm mhs²fq ʾ[... ...]
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 The tribe Sabaʾ [Khln ... ... dedicated to ʾlmqh, Lord of] 2 ʾwm these three [... ...] in praise because ʾlmqh, Lord of 3 ʾwm, granted them satisfaction and [... ...] 4 this rainy season seven years [... ...] 5 their valleys Ys¹rn and Hbs²m [... ...] 6 and he assigns (?) sacrificial victims to Him and [... ...] 7 abundant irrigation, abundant rain [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Mārib |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maḥram Bilqīs |
| Ancient site | ʾwm |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl ʾwm |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1962 a: 251-252 | 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. |