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CIAS 39.11/o 3 n° 10 Ja 731


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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 letters2.5
Chronology
PeriodD. Conjectural
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT

marker


   1  Nʿmt ḏt Ddḥ(m)—
   2  d ʾmh bn Ḫḏw(t)
   3  hqnyt ʾlmqh bʿl[ ʾ]—
   4  wm ṣlmtn ḥmdm b-[ḏ]—
   5  [t] mtʿ w-hʿnn bnt-hw
   6  [R](b)btgwbn bn kl (ʾ)—
   7  (m)rḍ mrḍt b-ʾlm(q)[h]

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Nʿmt she of Ddḥmd
   2  (from the ?) handmaids of the clan Ḫḏwt,
   3  dedicated to ʾlmqh, Lord of
   4  ʾwm, the female statue, in praise because
   5  He saved and helped her daughter
   6  Rbbtgwbn against all
   7  the sicknesses she suffered from, by ʾlmqh.
2It is not clear whether the plural noun "handmaids" (ʾmh) refers to both the preceeding nouns, as Jamme assumes.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositAden, The National Museum, NAM 2375A=AM 853
Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 22, w. 16, th. 14
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

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

Jamme 1962 a: 209-210, pl. 35Jamme, 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.
Doe and Jamme 1968: 7, pl. IIIDoe, D. Brian and Jamme, Albert W.F. 1968. New Sabaean Inscriptions from South Arabia. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 100/1: 2-28.
CIAS: ii, 59-60, photoBeeston, Alfred F.L., Pirenne, Jacqueline and Robin, Christian J. 1977-1986. Corpus des inscriptions et antiquités sud-arabes:
Vol. I (1977): Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités;
Vol. II (1986): Le Musée d’Aden. Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités. Louvain: Peeters. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres]