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MB 2002 I-20


Maraqten 2004: 157, fig. 1

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 letters6
Chronology
PeriodD. Conjectural
Textual typologyLegal text

TEXT

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   1  ḏt ʾl s³n ʾḫḏ w-hʾbyn kl ʾns¹m bn
   2  ms¹bʾ ʾwm byn Ḥrwnm w-ʾwm wfrm w-
   3  ʾtym ḥg-n wqh ʾlmqhw bʿl ʾwm b-m—
   4  s¹ʾl-hw mlkn w-ʾdm-hw S¹bʾ w-Fys²n

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  It is not permitted to seize and to reject anybody from
   2  the processional road of ʾwm, between Ḥrwnm and ʾwm,
   3  neither one going forth nor one coming back . Thus ordered ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm, in
   4  His oracle to the king and to His servants, Sabaʾ and Fys²n.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositMārib
Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 35, w. 75
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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
NotesThe inscription was discovered in situ on the north-west side of the external wall of the Peristyle Hall.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Maraqten 2004: 158-159, fig. 1Maraqten, Mohammed 2004. The processional road between Old Mārib and the Awām temple in the light of a recently discovered inscription from Maḥram Bilqīs. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 34: 157-163. 2017/02/21; http://www.jstor.org/stable/41223814.