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Ja 410 Lu 1
Lundin 1963 a: 37, fig. 1
Lundin 1963 a: 37, fig. 1
Jamme 1963 a: 62
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 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [... ...](ʾ)b w-ʿbdm ʿbdy [... ...]
2 [... ...]rt hqnyy ʾlm—
3 [qh bʿl ]ʾwm ṣlmnhn l-[w—
4 fy bny((ʾḫy))-hmy W]hbm w-Whb[... ...]
| 1-2 | Jamme's integration: [ʾlr]ʾb w-ʿbdm ʿbdy [bn Mn]rt. See Jamme 1963 a: 62. |
| 4 | ʾḫy: variant proposed by Jamme. See Jamme 1963 a: 62-63. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...]ʾb and ʿbdm, the two servants [... ...] 2 [... ...] dedicated to ʾlmqh, 3 Lord of ʾwm, two statues for 4 [the safety of their two sons] Whbm and Whb[... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
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
| Lundin 1963 a: 36-37, fig. 1 | Lundin (=Loundine), Avraam G. 1963. Novye južnoarabskie nadpisi muzeja v Ṣanʿa (I). Epigrafika Vostoka, 15: 36-50. |
| Jamme 1963 a: 62-63 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1963. The al-ʿUqlah Texts. (Documentation sud-arabe, 3). Washington: Catholic University of America Press. |