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Ja 683 MaMB 47


Jamme 1962 a: pl. 22

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters3-3.2
Chronology
PeriodC. Conjectural
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT

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   1  [... ...]S¹qrn ʿbd|
   2  ḏ-ʿqbn hqny ʾlmqh bʿl|
   3  ʾwm ṣlmnhn l-wfy-hmw w-
   4  wfy bny-hw Rbbm w-Zyd—
   5  m w-rṯd-hmy ʾlmqhw b-ʿṯt←r w-b-Hwbs¹[ w-b-ʾ]—
   6  lmqh w-b-ḏt-[Ḥ]—
   7  mym w-b-ḏt-B[ʿ]—
   8  dnm

Apparatus
1S¹qrn could be a lineage name.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...]S¹qrn, servant
   2  of ʿthe family qbn, dedicated to ʾlmqh, Lord of
   3  ʿwm, these (two) statues for their safety and
   4  for the safety of his two sons Rbbm and Zydm,
   5  and he entrusted both of them to the protection of ʾlmqhw. By ʿṯtr and Hwbs¹ and
   6  ʾlmqh, and
   7  ḏt-Ḥmym and
   8  ḏt-Bʿdnm.
Jamme 1962 a: 182Jamme, 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.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositMārib
Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 17.8, w. 20.9, th. 13.6
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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
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Jamme 1962 a: 182Jamme, 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.