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Ja 2851


Jamme 1976: pl. 21/2851

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
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT

marker


      [... ...]
   1  [w-]rymn ʾlmqh ʿ(bd)-(h)[w... ...]
   2  byt Ḥzfrm b-hgrn (Mrb) (w)-(l)
   3  yḫmrn ʾdm-hw bny ḏ-S²hrʿly [w]—
   4  [f]y ʾʾḏnm w-mqymtm w-ḫryn-(h)[mw]
   5  [bn] nḍʿ s²nʾm w-hrṯdw hqnyt-(h)—
   6  [m]w ʿṯtr-S²rqn w-ʾlmqh w-b ḏt-Ḥ(m)—
   7  ym w-b ʿṯtr S²ymm w-b s²ms¹-hmw ḏt-
   8  Ḫṭbm w-b rbʿ-hmw Yhnʿm w-b ʾ(m)—
   9  rʾ-hmw ʾmlkn

TRANSLATIONS

English

      [... ...]
   1  ʾlmqh His servant [... ...]
   2  of the house Ḥzfrm, in the city of Mrb and may
   3  He grant His servants of the family of S²hrʿly the
   4  well-being of faculties and material resources and deliver them
   5  from the maleficence of any enemy; they entrusted their offering
   6  to ʿṯtr S²rqn and ʾlmqh. By ḏt-Ḥmym,
   7  and ʿṯtr S²ymm, and their solar deity
   8  ḏt-Ḫṭbm, and their lunar deity Yhnʿm, and their
   9  lords, the kings.
1Jamme translates rymn: "he exalted".

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositUnknown
Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 47, w. 26.5
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteṢirwāḥ-Khawlān
Ancient siteṢrwḥ
Geographical areaṢirwāḥ
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple
NotesJamme relates that the stone inscription was found among the ruins in the western section of the complex and the upper part was re-cut.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Jamme 1976: 78-79, pl. 21Jamme, Albert W.F. 1976. Carnegie Museum 1974-75 Yemen Expedition. (Special Publication, 2). Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum of Natural History.