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Marib-Sanʿaw 1


Kitchen 1995: 78, 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
PeriodD. Conjectural
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT

marker


   1  Lḥyʿṯt tlyn w-[ʾ]—
   2  ṯt-hw Ḥmdlt ʾdm m—
   3  lkn ḥwrw hgrn Ṣnʿw hq—
   4  nyw ʾlmqh-bʿl-ʾwm ṣlmn ḏ-
   5  ḏhbn ḥg-n k-s²ft Lḥyʿṯt w-
   6  ʾṯt-hw ʾlmqh-bʿl-ʾwm l-wf—
   7  y grybt-hmw w-wfy ʾwld-h—
   8  mw w-l-ḫmr-hmw ʾlmqh rḍw-
   9  [h]w w-rḍw ʾmrʾ-hmw ʾmlkn

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Lḥyʿṯt, the tly and his
   2  wife Ḥmdlt, vassals
   3  of the king, inhabitants of the town Ṣnʿw,
   4  dedicated to ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm, this statue
   5  in bronze as they promised, Lḥyʿṯt and
   6  his wife to ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm, for the well-being
   7  of their persons and the well-being of their children
   8  and may ʾlmqh grant them His favour
   9  and the favour of their lords, the kings.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin. Conjectural
Modern siteShibām-Kawkabān
Ancient siteS²bm
Geographical areaal-Maḥwīt
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl ʾwm
NotesPerhaps the origin of the stone was from the temple of ʾlmqh bʿl ʾwm ḏ-ʿrn ʾlw (N of Shibām Kawkabān). It could also come from Maḥram Bilqīs.

The owner relates that the object came from ancient Ṣanʿāʾ.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Kitchen 1995: 78-79, fig. 2Kitchen, Kenneth A. 1995. A royal administrator in Nashqum and Najrān under the Ḥimyarite king Shammar Yuharʿish. c. AD 290, and a squire from Sanaa. With a note by Alfred F.L. Beeston. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 25: 75-81.