CSAI
Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Jamme 1962 a: pl. 20

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionBoustrophedon
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ...]hqny ʾlmqh klʾty bḥ—
   2  tnhn w-kl wld-hw b-ʿ(ṯ)[tr w-b Hwbs¹ w-b-ʾlmqh]

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...] dedicated to ʾlmqh two slabs
   2  and all his children. By ʿṯtr and by Hwbs¹ and by ʾlmqh.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositMārib
Support typeArtefact » Slab
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 17.8, w. 45, th. 6.5
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteMaḥram Bilqīs
Ancient siteʾwm
Geographical areaMaʾrib
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl ʾwm
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Jamme 1962 a: 179, pl. 20Jamme, Albert W.F. 1962. Sabaean Inscriptions from Maḥram Bilqîs (Mârib). (Publications of the American Foundation for the Study of Man, 3). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press.