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CIAS 39.11/o 6 n° 9 Ja 2120


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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 letters1.7
Chronology
PeriodC. Conjectural
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT

marker


      [... ...]
   1  [... ...](ṣlm)tn ḏy ḏhb—
   2  (n) ḥg-n k-wqh-hmw ʾl—
   3  mqhw Ṯhwn bʿl-ʾwm l-ḫmr-hm—
   4  w wfy bny-hmw Whbʾwm w-
   5  Bs²mlt w-wfy grybt-hm b-ʾlmq(h)

Apparatus
Bs²mlt is probably a female name.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...]
   2  [... ...] the female statue in bronze,
   3  as their Lord ʾlmqh
   4  Ṯhwn Master of ʾwm had ordered them, so that He should grant
   5  them the safety of their sons Whbʾwm and
   6  Bs²mlt and the safety of their persons, by ʾlmqh.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositAden, The National Museum, NAM 2370=AM 865
Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 20.5, w. 16.3, th. 12.5
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

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

Doe and Jamme 1968: 23, pl. VDoe, 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, 95-96, 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]