Gr 203 Riyām 13
Bauer and Lundin 1998: photo 183
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 4.5-5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary (conjectural) |
TEXT
[... ...]
1 [w-l s¹ʿd-hmw Tʾlb nʿm]tm w-mngt
2 [ṣdqm w-bry ʾʾḏnm] w-mqymtm w-rḍw w-ḥẓy mrʾ-hmw Wt —
3 [rm Yhʾmn mlk S¹]bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn bn ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb mlk S¹b—
4 [ʾ w-ḏ-Rydn w-l s¹ʿd-h]mw ʾṯmr w-ʾfql ṣdqm [hnʾm] ʿdy ʾrḍ-
5 [hmw w-ms²ymt-hmw w-l ḏ]t nʿmt w-tmʿmn l-Ns²ʾkrb w-bny Btʿ w-
6 [s²ʿb-hmw Hmdn b-Tʾlb] Rymm
| 6 | The integration of the name of the tribe Hmdn is arbitrary and very unlikely. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ... may Tʾlb grant them] prosperity and good luck 2 [and the health of faculties] and properties and the goodwill and the favour of their lord Wt- 3 [rm Yhʾmn, the king of] Sabaʾ and ḏ-Rydn, son of ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb, the king of Sabaʾ 4 [and ḏ-Rydn. May He grant them] good and healthy crops and harvestings in their land 5 [and in their fields and because] He granted past and future prosperity to Ns²ʾkrb and the family Btʿ and 6 [their tribe Hmdn (?). By Tʾlb] Rymm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 39, w. 49, th. 34 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Jabal Riyām |
| Ancient site | Trʿt |
| Geographical area | Arḥab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Tʾlb Rymm. |
| Notes | Reemployed in a Mosque. |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bauer and Lundin 1998: 64-65, photo 183 | Bauer, Gleb M. and Lundin (=Loundine), Avraam G. 1998. Pamjatniki Drevnej Istorii i Kultury. Južnaja Aravija. Part 2: Epigraficheskie pamjiatniki drevnego Jemena. 2. St.-Petersburg: Zentr "Peterburgskoe vostokovedenie". [Akademia nauk, Institut Vostokovedenija, Sankt-Peterburgskiy filial] |