Robin-Kāniṭ 10 Kāniṭ Museum 1
Robin 1982 a: ii, pl. 29
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- Robin 1982 a: ii, pl. 29
Image free from copyright - Rijziger 2016: 10, fig. 15
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 Rymm [... ... ..]—
2 rym w-bn-hw [... hqny]—
3 w Tʾlb R[ymm ... ... ṣlm]—
4 n ḥg-n wqh-h[mw b-ms¹ʾl-hw ... ... ʾḏk]—
5 rwm hnʾm w-wfy[m ... ... ʾṯm]—
6 r w-ʾfql ṣdqm ʿdy kl ʾrḍ-hmw w-ms²m[t-hmw ... ...]
7 w hnʾm ʿdy byt-hmw w-l wḍʿ ḍr-hmw w-s²[nʾ-hmw ... ... h]—
8 mw b-Tʾlb Rymm
| 3-4 | bʿl Ḫḍʿtn ḏ-hgrn ʾknṭ ḏn ṣlm]n (Robin). |
| 4-5 | h[mw b-ms¹ʾl-hw l-s¹ʿd-hmw ʾwldm ʾḏk]rwm (Robin). |
| 5-6 | wfy[m w-l wzʾ s¹ʿd-hmw Tʾlb ʾṯm]r (Robin). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Rymm [... ...]- 2 rym and their sons [... ...] dedicated 3 to Tʾlb Rymm [... ...] this statue 4 according to what He ordered him in His oracle [... ...] male 5 healthy [children] and the safety [... ...] good 6 fruit crops and crops in all their lands and valleys [... ...] 7 healthy in their houses and may He humiliate their adversaries and their enemy [... ...] 8 by Tʾlb Rymm. |
| 3-7 | "Taʾlab Rymm Seigneur de Ḫḍʿtn de la cité de Ukāniṭ cette statue conformément à ce qu'Il leur a ordonné dans Sa consultation afin qu'Il leur accorde des enfants mâles qui soient sains et du bien-être, et afin que Tʾlb continue à leur accorder des fruits et légumes accomplis dans toutes leurs terres et des enfants mâles qui soient sains dans leur maison et afin que Tʾlb humilie leur adversaire et leur ennemi" (Robin). |
| Robin 1982 a: ii, 62 | Robin, Christian J. 1982. Les hautes-terres du Nord-Yémen avant l'Islam. (2 vols), (Uitgaven van het Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut te Istanbul, 50). Istanbul: Nederlands Historisch-Archaelogisch Instituut te Istanbul. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Kāniṭ, Museum |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | w. 60 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-Qarya |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Hamdān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Notes | The stela is reemployed in a house wall with the inscribed face turned down. |
| Link to site record |
| Modern site | Kāniṭ |
| Ancient site | ʾknṭ |
| Geographical area | Arhab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Tʾlb Rymm bʿl Ḫḍʿtn |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Robin 1982 a: ii, 61-62, pl. 29 | Robin, Christian J. 1982. Les hautes-terres du Nord-Yémen avant l'Islam. (2 vols), (Uitgaven van het Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut te Istanbul, 50). Istanbul: Nederlands Historisch-Archaelogisch Instituut te Istanbul. |
| Rijziger 2016: 10-11, fig. 15 | Rijziger, Sarah 2016. The Kāniṭ Museum collection. Arabian Epigraphic Notes, 2: 1-32. 2016/12/05; http://hdl.handle.net/1887/38573. |