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  • Editor(s)
    Anna Chiara Muscogiuri
    Irene Rossi
    CSAI Team
  • First published
    2014-09-23
  • DOI
    10.82194/dasi-epi-6206
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MB 2005 I-93


Maraqten 2005 b: 387 (fig. 2)

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodC
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT

marker


   1  ʿfṯmt w-bnt-hw S²fns¹r ḏty Ḥlḥlm hqnty ʾl—
   2  mqhw bʿl ʾwm ṣlmn w-ṣlmtn l-wfy-hmy w-wfy b—
   3  ny-hmw S²rḥṯt w-ʾbḥlk bny Ḥlḥlm w-l-wfy ḏ-
   4  qnyw b-ʿṯtr w-Hbs¹ w-ʾlmqhw w-b-ḏt Ḥmym w-
   5  b-ḏt Bʿdnm w-b s²ms¹ mlkn Tnf w-rṯdw h—
   6  [q](n)yt-hmw ʾlmqhw bʿl ʾwm

Apparatus
3-4w ḏt Bʿdn in Maraqten's edition.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  ʿfṯmt and her daughter S²fns¹r of the family Ḥlḥlm dedicated to
   2  ʾlmqhw, Lord of ʾwm, the male statue and the female statue for their safety and the safety of
   3  their two children S²rḥṯt and ʾbḥlk of the family Ḥlḥlm and for the safety of what
   4  they possess, by ʿṯtr, Hbs¹, ʾlmqhw and by ḏt Ḥmym and
   5  by ḏt Bʿdn and by the solar deity of the king Tnf, and they committed their
   6  dedication to ʾlmqhw, Lord of ʾwm.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 31, w. 52, th. 21
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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
NotesFound during excavations in the dump inside the ovoid wall.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Maraqten 2005 b: 379-381, 387 (fig. 2)Maraqten, Mohammed 2005. Three recently discovered women Sabaean inscription from Maḥram Bilqīs. Pages 377-388 in Amida Sholan, Sabina Antonini and Mounir Arbach (eds). Sabaean Studies (Dirāsāt Sabaʾiyya). Archaeological, epigraphical and historical studies in honour of Yūsuf M. ʿAbdallāh, Alessandro de Maigret, Christian J. Robin on the occasion of their sixtieth birthdays. Naples: Università degli studi di Napoli l'Orientale. [University of Ṣanʿāʾ; Yemeni-Italian Centre for Archeological Reserches Ṣanʿāʾ; Centre français d'archéologie et de sciences sociales de Ṣanʿāʾ]