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Fragment of Ja 611 (MaMB 21) Jamme 1962 a: pl. 10 Image free from copyright

Fragment of Ja 611 (MaMB 21) Jamme 1962 a: pl. 10 Image free from copyright

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Text:

Translations:

1Ns²ʾkrb Yʾmn Yhrḥb, king of
2Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, son of ʾls²rḥ
3Yḥḍb and Yʾzl Byn, kings of Sabaʾ and
4ḏu-Raydān, dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of
5ʾwm, this statue in bronze, in praise because
6He fulfilled him in all the requests he asked for and in
7the favours he sought from Him, in the month of ḏ-
8Hbs¹ and ʿṯtr, in the third year of Ns²ʾkrb, son of 
9Mʿdkrb, of the family Ḥḏmt; may
10ʾlmqh Ṯhwn,  Lord of ʾwm, continue to fulfill and
11to gratify His servant Ns²ʾkrb Yʾmn
12Yhrḥb, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, son of 
13ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and Yʾzl Byn, kings of 
14Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, in all the requests and favours
15he may continue to ask and to seek for to the power of
16ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm; may He
17assure the safety of the person of His servant Ns²ʾkrb
18Yʾmn Yhrḥb, king of Sabaʾ and
19ḏu-Raydān, and of their kingdom and their army, and may He
20destroy and humiliate and defeat and overwhelm and crush 
21all their war's enemies and their enemies. By
22ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm.

Chronological

Period: D

Physical

Support: Object → Artefact → Base → Of statue with dedicatory inscription
Materials: Stone
Measures: MaMB 277: h. 88.5, w. 37, th. 33-22.4; MaMB 21: h. 24.6, w. 20.6, th. 13
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Symbol Shape: Totschläger
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Symbol Reference: God
Symbol Reference Text: ʾlmqh
Letter Measure: 2.6-3

Linguistic

Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Central Middle Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text
Writing Techniques: Incision
Royal Inscription: Yes
Concordances: Ja 611, MaMB 21+MaMB 227

Spatial

Site: Maḥram Bilqīs, Maʾrib, Yemen
Ancient Name: ʾwm
Type of Site: Religious area with a necropolis

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