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العربية: عمئمر بن معدكرب هقني ألمقه رأسهمو بعثتر وبألمقه وبذت حميم وبذت بعدن وبودم وبكربئل وبسمهعلي وبعمريم وبيذرحملك .... أي: اهداء عَمّيئّمّر بن مَعديكَرِب إلى ألمَقَه راسُهُمو. بعثتار وبألمقه وبذات حِميَم وبذات بَعدان وبوَد وبكربئيل وبِسَمهُ عَلي وبعَمِّرَيَم وبيَذرّح مَلِك
English: Votive stele with Sabaean inscription adressed to the moon-god Almaqah, mentioning five South Arabian gods, two reigning sovereigns and two governors: “Ammî'amar son of Ma'dîkarib dedicated to Almaqah Ra'suhumû. With 'Athtar, with Almaqah, with dhât-Himyam, with dhât-Ba'dân, with Waddum, with Karib'îl, with Sumhu'alî, with 'Ammîrayam and with Yadhrahmalik.” Alabaster, ca. 700 BC, Yemen, area of Ma'rib (?).
Français : Stèle votive avec inscription en langue sabéenne adressée au dieu lunaie Almaqah, mentionnant cinq dieux sabéens, deux souverains régnants et deux gouverneurs : « Ammî'amar fils de Ma'dîkarib a dédié à Almaqah Ra'suhumû. Avec 'Athtar, avec Almaqah, avec dhât-Himyam, avec dhât-Ba'dân, avec Waddum, avec Karib'îl, avec Sumhu'alî, avec 'Ammîrayam et avec Yadhrahmalik » Albâtre, vers 700 av. J.-C., Yémen, région de Ma'rib (?).
Date circa -700
Medium alabaster
medium QS:P186,Q143447
Dimensions height: 96.5 cm (37.9 in); width: 59 cm (23.2 in); depth: 15 cm (5.9 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,96,5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,59U174728
dimensions QS:P5524,15U174728
institution QS:P195,Q19675
Current location
Département des Antiquités Orientales
Accession number
DAO 18  ; RES 4226 ; Borély 5536 ; Musée du Louvre, Collections database: entry cl010124700
Object history

Place of discovery: Marib.
1925: acquired by Musée Borély from Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes

1978: transferred to Musée du Louvre from Musée de la Vieille Charité
References Répertoire d'épigraphie sémitique No. 4336
Source/Photographer Jastrow (2007)

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Votive stele with Sabaean script, Yemen region, approx. 700 BC.

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