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Solá Solé 1964: pl. V/2
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Measure of letters3.5
Chronology
PeriodD. Conjectural
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT


   1  (Kḫb)r w-(Y)frʿ Yr[... w-Fʿ]—
   2  rn hqnyw s²ym-hmw[ Tʾlb]
   3  Rymm bʿl Trʿt ṣl[mn ḥg-n]
   4  wqh-hmw b-ms¹ʾl-hw [ḥmdn b-]
   5  ḏt mtʿ ʾ(dm)-hw K(ḫ)[br....]—
   6  dn bn nflt (n)fl-hmw[ ....]
   7  hw w-l s¹ʿdʿ ʾdm-hw K[ḫbr]
   8  w-Fʿrn nʿmtm w-wfym[ w-rḍw]
   9  ʾmrʾ-hmw bny Hmdn [w-s²ʿb-]
  10  hmw Ḥs²dm w-l wḍʿ ḍr-[h—
  11  mw w-s²nʾ-h]mw b-Tʾlb R[ymm]

Apparatus
2The letters -rn are probably the end of the name Fʿrn, which is attested in l. 8.
7The restitution of the name Kḫbr at the end of the line is plausible but not sure, so as it is in ll. 1 and 5, both damaged.
8The restitution of w-rḍw at the end of the line is almost certain.
10The shape of /ḍ/, open at the bottom like a /b/, is unusual (see also CIH 351, 11), but the reading is undoubtful, as the expression w-l wḍʿ ḍr-hmw is well known.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Kḫbr and Yfrʿ Yr[… and Fʿ]-
   2  rn dedicated to their Patron [Tʾlb]
   3  Rymm, Lord of Trʿt, this sta[tue as]
   4  He commanded in His oracle [and in praise
   5  because] He saved his servants Kḫ[br ….]
   6  from the accident which had befallen them [... ...]
   7  and may He grant their servants K[ḫbr]
   8  and Fʿrn with health and safety [and with the favour]
   9  of their lords, the family Hmdn, and their
  10  [tribe] Ḥs²dm; and may He humiliate their en[e-
  11  my and] those who [are hateful]. By Tʾlb R[ymm].
Solá Solé 1964: 18-19Solá Solé, Josep M. 1964. Inschriften aus Riyām. Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 4. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 243/4). Vienna: Böhlaus.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteJabal Riyām
Ancient siteTrʿt
Geographical areaArḥab
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of Tʾlb Rymm
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Solá Solé 1964: 18-19, pl. V/2Solá Solé, Josep M. 1964. Inschriften aus Riyām. Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 4. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 243/4). Vienna: Böhlaus.