CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Solá Solé 1964: pl. VII/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 - fragmentary

TEXT


      [... ...]
   1  [... ... ]w-(ʾ)ḫ-hw (b)nw [.
   2  ... ... s²ʿ]bn ḏ-hgrn Mḫ(d)(|)
   3  [hnqnyw s²y]m-hmw Tʾlb Rymm
   4  [bʿl Trʿt ]ṣlmn b-[ḏt ...]-hmw
   5  [... ...]n Bynn [... ...]-hmw
   6  [... ... ]wfym w-(l)[ s¹ʿd]-hm—
   7  [w frʿ dṯ]ʾ w-ḫrf w-l (s¹)ʿd-
   8  [hmw ... ...]

Apparatus
2The name of the town Mḫd, if the reading is correct, is new. Nevertheless in RES 4176, 11 is attested Mnḫd, place near Riyām.
4The lacuna at the end of the line could be restored as b[ḏt s¹ʿd]-hmw.
6It is not sure that Bynn was the name of a man.
7-8For the restoration of the lacuna cf. RES 4190, 9-10.

TRANSLATIONS

English

      [… …]
   1  [… …] and his brother, family
   2  [… … the tr]ibe of the town Mḫd,
   3  [dedicated to] their [Pat]ron Tʾlb Rymm,
   4  [Lord of Trʿt] (this) statue in praise because [He …] their […]
   5  [… …] Bynn […] their […]
   6  [… …] and health; and may He [bestow upon] them
   7  [the spr]ing and autumn [crops] and may He bestow upon
   8  [them … …]
Solá Solé 1964: 25-26Solá 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

Provenance. Conjectural
Modern siteItwa
Ancient siteʾtwtm
Geographical areaArḥab
CountryYemen
NotesJ. M. Solá Solá claims that this inscription comes from Etwa, the ancient 'Itwat, without adding further information. From the content of the text, however, it can be inferred that it was originally placed in the temple of Tʾlb Rymm.
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Origin
Modern siteJabal Riyām
Ancient siteTrʿt
Geographical areaArḥab
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of Tʾlb Rymm
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Solá Solé 1964: 25-26, pl. VII/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.