Gl 1441 = Gl 1432 + 1433 A 397 (Gl 1441); A 389 (Gl 1433)
Schaffer 1972: pl. VIII, fig. 15
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Measure of letters | 3 | ||
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [Hwf]ʿm w-bn-hw [... ...] [bnw ḏ-ʿṣmm hqnyw s²ym-hmw] Tʾl[b Rym]—
2 [m] bʿl rʾs¹ hgrn ʿṣmm ṣlmynhn ḥg-n wqh b-ms¹ʾl-hw [b-ḏt]
3 tflw b-ʿm Tʾlb l-ḫybt nkrw b-ʾʿnb-hmw w-ḥblt-hmw w-[Tʾl]—
4 [b] f-s²ft ʾdm-hmw bny ḏ-ʿṣmm k-ys¹ʿdn-hmw dṯʾ w-ḫrf [ʾṯmr]—
5 [m] ṣdqm hnʾm ʿdy ʾrḍ-hmw w-k-ygbn-hmw bn ḫybtm w-l-s¹ʿd-hmw
6 [nʿ]mtm w-wfym ʾs¹rr-hmw w-ʾdm-hmw w-l-s¹ʿd-hmw rḍy ʾmrʾ-hmw w-s²ʿb-
7 [hmw] w-l-s¹ʿd-hmw ʾwldm ʾḏkrm hn[ʾ]m w-l-[...]-hmw bn nḍʿ s²nʾm b-Tʾlb [Rymm]
| 5 | For the verb ygbn, see Beeston 1973: 444 < GYB "protect"; Schaffer < NGB. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [Hwf]ʿm and his son [… …], of the family ʿṣmm, dedicated to their Patron] Tʾlb Rymm, 2 Lord of the top of the town ʿṣmm, two statues, as He ordered in His oracle, because 3 they asked a good omen from Tʾlb for the drought, which afflicted their vineyards and their terraced fields and Tʾlb 4 promised to His vassals, the family ʿṣmm, that He will grant them spring and autumn good 5 and healthy fruits in their lands as He will protect them from drought; may He grant them 6 prosperity and well-being, regarding their valleys and their people, and may He grant them the favour of their lords and their tribes; 7 and may He grant them wealthy, male and in good health children; and may He deliver them from the harm of 8 enemies. By Tʾlb [Rymm]. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | ʿUṣām |
| Ancient site | ʿṣmm |
| Geographical area | Arḥab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Tʾlb Rymm bʿl rʾs¹ hgrn ʿṣmm |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Schaffer 1972: 31-34, pl, VIII, figs 15, 16 | Schaffer, Brigitte 1972. Sabäische Inschriften aus verschiedenen Fundorten. Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 7. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 282/1). Vienna: Böhlaus in Komm. |
| Beeston 1973: 444 | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1973. Notes on Old South Arabian lexicography VIII. Le Muséon, 86: 443-453. |
| Nebes 1995 a: 24 (17) | Nebes, Norbert 1995. Die Konstruktionen mit /fa-/ im Altsüdarabischen. Syntaktische und epigraphische Untersuchungen. (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission, 40). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. |