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al-Saʿīd 2002a (1)
al-Saʿīd 2002 a: 9, pl. 1
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 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 ʿmrm w-bnt-
2 hw ʾlt Ḫn—
3 ʿm hqnyw ʾlmqh—
4 w bʿl ʾwm ṣlmt—
5 n ḏt ḏhbn l-w—
6 fy grybt-hn
| The verb (l. 3) is at the masculine plural while the pronoun (l. 6) is feminine plural and thus refers only to the daughters of the dedicant. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʿmrm and his daughters, 2 those of Ḫn- 3 ʿm, dedicated to ʾlmqh, 4 Lord of ʾwm, this statue 5 in bronze, for the 6 safety of their persons. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Riyāḍ, King Saud University Museum |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| 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 bʿl ʾwm |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| al-Saʿīd 2002 a: 10, pl. 1 | al-Saʿīd, Saʿīd F. 2002. Nuqūš sabaʾiyya ǧadīda fi ḏikr al-maraḍ. al-ʿUṣūr, 12/3: 7-21. |