CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Schaffer 1972: pl. II/3
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Measure of letters5.5
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT


      [... ...]
   1  [... ... h]—
   2  qny (Tʾ)lb [R—
   3  ym]m ʿdy Qd[m—
   4  n]( )ḏ-Dmhn ṣ—
   5  [l]mn ḥg-n w[q]—
   6  h-hw b-ms¹ʿ[l]-
   7  hw l-s¹ʿd-h—
   8  w nʿmtm w-
   9  wfym w-ḏt[ ... ...]

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [… ... he
   2  dedicated] to Tʾlb [R-
   3  ym]m in Qd[m-
   4  n] of Dhmn a sta-
   5  tue, as He has or-
   6  dered in His O[ra]-
   7  cle; may He grant him
   8  favour and
   9  wealth; and [… ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteṢanʿāʾ
Ancient siteṢnʿw
Geographical areaSanʿāʾ
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of Tʾlb Rymm
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CULTURAL NOTES

The god Tʾlb Rymm bʿl Qdmn had a temple in Dhmn, which is mentioned also in CIH 19 and CIH 341-345.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Schaffer 1972: 13-14, pl. II/3Schaffer, 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.