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Robin and Vogt 1997: 93
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Robin and Vogt 1997: 93
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ʿAlī ʿAqīl and Antonini 2007: 143, cat. I.A.b.3
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Jamme 1982: pl. 2/401

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionBoustrophedon
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters0.9-1.7
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT

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   1  Hlkʾmr [w]-ʿmyṯʿ Ḫllynhn|
   2  bny S²rs¹hmw hqnyy ʾlm—
   3  qh bʿl ʾwm (mṯlnhn)
   4  ḏ-ḏhbn l-bny-hm Zy—
   5  dʾl w-Krbʿṯt b-ḏt
   6  hwfy-hmy ʾlmqhw
   7  ḏt tnbʾ-hw|
   8  w-yhwfyn-h—
   9  my b-ʿṯtr|
  10  w-ʾlmqh

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Hlkʾmr and ʿmyṯʿ, those of Ḫll,
   2  sons of S²rs¹hmw, dedicated to
   3  ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm these two statues
   4  in bronze for their sons Zydʾl
   5  and Krbʿṯt because
   6  ʾlmqhw granted them
   7  what He had promised him
   8  and may He will save both
   9  of them. By ʿṯtr
  10  and ʾlmqh.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositṢanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 263
Support typeArtefact » Sculpture in the round » Human figure
MaterialBronze
Dimensionsh. 43, w. of the shoulders 24.5
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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
NotesThe statue was found in 1952 by the AFSM exploration near the pillars of the temple.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Albright and Jamme 1953: 34-35Albright, Frank P. and Jamme, Albert W.F. 1953. A Bronze Statue from Mareb, Yemen. The Scientific Monthly, 76/january 1953: 33-35.
Phillips, Wendell 1955: 293Phillips, Wendell 1955. Qataban and Sheba. Exploring ancient kingdoms on the Biblical spice routes of Arabia. New York: Harcourt Brace.
Jamme 1957 d: 33-36Jamme, Albert W.F. 1957. Sabaean Inscriptions on two bronze statues from Mârib. Journal of American Oriental Society, 77: 32-36.
Albright, Frank P. 1958 a: 270-271, 284, figs 199-200, cat. 12Albright, Frank P. 1958. Excavations at Mârib in Yemen. Pages 215-268 in Richard LeBaron Bowen and Frank P. Albright (eds). Archaeological Discoveries in South Arabia. With foreword by Wendell Phillips. (Publications of the American Foundation for the Study of Man, 2). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press.
Jamme 1982: 42-44, pl. 2/401Jamme, Albert W.F. 1982. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe XII. Washington. 2025/04/17; https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38250303. [Privately printed]
Robin and Vogt 1997: 93Robin, Christian J. and Vogt, Burkhard (eds) 1997. Yémen, au pays de la reine de Saba. Exposition présentée à l'Institut du monde arabe du 25 octobre 1997 au 28 février 1998. Paris: Flammarion, Institut du Monde Arabe.
ʿAlī ʿAqīl and Antonini 2007: 143, cat. I.A.b.3ʿAlī ʿAqīl,ʿAzza and Antonini, Sabina 2007. Bronzi sudarabici di periodo preislamico. Repertorio iconografico sudarabico. 3. Paris: de Boccard / Rome: IsIAO. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres; Istituto Italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente]