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CIAS 39.11/o 4 n° 2 Ja 723
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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 | ||
| Measure of letters | 0.8 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 Ḏrʿt Nḥyn bn Ḫnʿm ʿbd mlk S¹b—
2 ʾ hqny ʾlmqh Ṯhwn bʿl-ʾwm ḏn
3 (ṯ)wrn ḏ-ḏhbn ḥmdm b-ḏt mtʿ ʾlmqh
4 [... ...](ḥr)[....]
| 4 | [bʿl] ʾwm [ʿbd-hw Ḏrʿt bn] ḥrmn ḥrm (CIAS). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Ḏrʿt Nḥyn son of Ḫnʿm, client of the king of Sabaʾ 2 dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, this 3 bull in bronze, in praise because ʾlmqh 4 [... ...] |
| 3-4 | "Almaqah Master of ʾwm saved His servant Ḏrʿt from the ban which he occurred ..." (CIAS). |
| CIAS: 70 | Beeston, 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] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 2320 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 7.2, w. 20.5, th. 14.5 |
| 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 Ṯhwn bʿl ʾwm |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1962 a: 206, pl. 32 | Jamme, 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. |
| CIAS: ii, 69-70, photo | Beeston, 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] |