Gl 1743-45
Lundin 1965: pl. XXV
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Script cursus | Boustrophedon | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 7 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 ʿmʾmr Ḫllyn bn Yṯʿm bn Ḥzfrm hqny ʿṯtr mws³ltnhn
2 ywm rs²w ʿṯtr ḏ-Ḏbn b-byt-hmw [w]-fdy-hw bn k(l) [ʾb]yt-[hw]
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʿmʾmr, Ḫllyn, son of Yṯʿm, ibn Ḥzfrm, dedicated to ʿṯtr these propitiatory offerings, 2 when he was priest of ʿṯtr ḏ-Ḏbn in their temple and when (ʿṯtr) released him from (his obligations in) all His temples. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Rock inscription |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Jabal Balaq al-Janūbī |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Lundin 1965: 32, 44, 50, pl. XXV | Lundin (=Loundine), Avraam G. 1965. Die Eponymenliste von Saba (aus dem Stamme Halīl). Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 5. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 248/1). Vienna: Hermann Böhlaus Nachf., Kommissionsverlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. |
| Jamme 1967 d: 376-378, pl. II (facsimile) | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1967. The Sabaean Onomastic Lists from (?) Ṣirwâḥ in ʾArḥab (second half). Rivista degli Studi Orientali, 42: 361-406. |