Gl 1439 A 395
Schaffer 1972: pl. VII, fig. 13
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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 | 4 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
[... ...]
1 [Tʾ]lb Rymm [bʿl r—
2 ʾs¹] ʿṣmm hwt ṣ(l)[m]—
3 [n] ḥg-n wqh-hmw b-
4 [m]s¹ʾl-hw l-wfy (b)—
5 rw-hmw Nmrn w-(l)-(s¹)—
6 [ʿ]d-hmw wfym w-n—
7 [ʿ]mtm w-ʾfqlm
8 [b]n ʾrḍ-hmw w-[m—
9 s²ymt-hmw b-Tʾlb Rymm]
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
[... ... dedicated to] 1 Tʾlb Rymm, Lord of 2 the top of ʿṣmm, that statue 3 as He ordered them in 4 His oracle, for the safety of 5 his son Nmrn and may He grant 6 them well-being and 7 prosperity and crops 8 from their land and [their 9 fields. By Tʾlb Rymm] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | ʿUṣām |
| Ancient site | ʿṣmm |
| Geographical area | Arḥab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple Tʾlb Rymm bʿl rʾs¹ ʿṣmm |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Schaffer 1972: 30-31, pl. VII, fig. 13 | 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. |