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Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Solá Solé 1964: pl. VI/1
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

GENERAL NOTES

Gr 201 does not provide the edition of the text.

TEXT


   1  [ʾws¹l]t Rfs²n bn ʾʿyn [hqny s²ym-h—
   2  mw ]Tʾlb Rymm bʿl Trʿ[t ṣlm—
   3  n] ḥg-n wqh-hw b-ms¹ʾl-h[w ḥmd—
   4  m b]-ḏt ṣdq w-hwfyn Tʾlb [ʿbd-h]—
   5  w ʾws¹lt k-ys¹ʿdn-(h)w qny (b)[..]
   6  (ʾ)ḫwn b(r)w-hw Ns²ʾkrb bn [... ...]
   7  (b)-ms¹ʾl-hw w-ḥmd ʾws¹lt m[qm Tʾ—
   8  lb b]-ḏt ṣdq w-hwfyn-hw b-m[s¹ʾl-h]—
   9  (w) ḥg-n k-s²ft-hw w-l-ḏt yzʾn[ Tʾlb
  10  s¹]ʿd ʿbd-hw ʾws¹lt ʾwldm[ ʾḏkr]—
  11  m hnʾm w-ṣdq-hw b-kl ʾmlʾ s¹[tm—
  12  l]ʾn b-ʿm-hw w-l s¹ʿd-hmw wfy-hw [w-w—
  13  f]y ʾwld-hmw w-l gyb-hmw bn n[ḍʿ]
  14  w-ʿgr w-s²ṣyt s²nʾm w-l s¹ʿ[d-hmw
  15  ʾṯ]mrm hnʾm ʿdy ʾrḍ-h[mw
  16  w-ms²]ymt-hmw b-Tʾlb Rymm

Apparatus
9M. Höfner reads ks²ft-hw instead of ks²t-hw (1981: 40).

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [ʾws¹l]t Rfs²n, son of ʾʿyn, [dedicated to his Pa-
   2  tron] Tʾlb Rymm, Lord of Trʿt, [this statue],
   3  as He ordered in His oracle, [in praise
   4  because] Tʾlb bestowed and protected [His servant]
   5  ʾws¹lt, when He is granting him to acquire [… …]
   6  the alliance of his son Ns²ʾkrb, son of […]
   7  by His oracle; and ʾws¹lt gave praise to the m[ight of Tʾ-
   8  lb because] He had bestowed and protected (him) in [His oracle],
   9  as He promised him; and may [Tʾlb] to continue to
  10  grant His servant ʾws¹lt with healthy male children
  11  and to bestow him with the fulfillment of all that he asked
  12  from Him; may He grant them health for him [and
  13  he]alth for their children; and may He protect them from male[ficence],
  14  hostile acts and malice of any enemy; and may He gr[ant them]
  15  healthy crops in their land
  16  and] their fields. By Tʾlb Rymm.
Solá Solé 1964: 20-22Solá 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 typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 68, w. 37
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteJabal Riyām
Ancient siteTrʿt
Geographical areaArḥab
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of Tʾlb Rymm
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Solá Solé 1964: 20-22, pl. VI/1Solá Solé, Josep M. 1964. Inschriften aus Riyām. Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 4. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 243/4). Vienna: Böhlaus.
Höfner 1981: 40Höfner, Maria 1981. Sabäische Inschriften. (Letzte Folge). Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 14. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 378). Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.
Bauer and Lundin 1998: 64, fig.181 a,bBauer, Gleb M. and Lundin (=Loundine), Avraam G. 1998. Pamjatniki Drevnej Istorii i Kultury. Južnaja Aravija. Part 2: Epigraficheskie pamjiatniki drevnego Jemena. 2. St.-Petersburg: Zentr "Peterburgskoe vostokovedenie". [Akademia nauk, Institut Vostokovedenija, Sankt-Peterburgskiy filial]
Arbach and Schiettecatte 2017: 189-190, fig. 8Arbach, Mounir and Schiettecatte, Jérémie 2017. Inscriptions sabéennes du Jabal Riyām (Yémen) et nouvel éclairage sur les rois de Sabaʾ au IIe siècle de l’ère chrétienne. Semitica et Classica, 10: 179-193. 2019/10/01; https://doi.org/10.1484/J.SEC.5.114953.