Gl 1438 A 394
Schaffer 1972: pl. VI, fig. 12
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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 | 3.5-4 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 [ʾ]ws¹n w-bn-hw ʾws¹krb [w]-
2 Rbm w-bn-hmw Rḍwn bnw
3 S²wbn ʾdm bny S¹ḫymm hqn[y]—
4 w s²ym-hmw Tʾlb Rymm bʿl Ḥb—
5 n ṣlmn ʿs²r yʿs²rnn-hw bn ʾṯ—
6 mr ʾrḍ-hmw ḏ-[....] b-Tʾlb Rymm
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [ʾ]ws¹n and his son ʾws¹krb and 2 Rbm and their son Rḍwn, of the family 3 S²wbn, vassals of the family S¹ḫymm, dedicated 4 to their Patron Tʾlb Rymm, Lord of Ḥbn, 5 the statue as the tithe they offer Him from the crops 6 of their land [... ...]. By Tʾlb Rymm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-Ghalīl (of wādī Shirā‘) |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Nihm |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Schaffer 1972: 28-30, pl. VI, fig. 12 | 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. |