RES 3952 Delos 2319
Robin 1991-1993 a: fig.18
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 Ġlbm b(n) [... ... ]ḏ-R(m)[..] |
2 nṣb-S¹yn (ḏ)-(ʾ)l[m]
| 1 | bn Ġl[.....] ḏ-Rm[.]n (RES). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Ġlbm son of [... ...] ḏ-Rm[..] 2 erected (this altar) for Syn ḏ-ʾlm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Altar |
| Shape | With truncated pyramidal base |
| Material | Marble |
| Measures | h. 16.2, w. 69.5, th. 59 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Delos |
| Ancient site | Dlṯ |
| Country | Greece |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
According to Robin, this text must be later than 166 BC, when the island of Delos was annexed by Athens and became a center of the international trade.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Roussel and Launey 1937: 293 (facsimile) | Roussel, Pierre and Launey, Marcel 1937. Inscriptions de Délos. Dédicaces postérieures à 166 av. J-C. (Nos. 2529-2879). Dédicaces postérieures à 166 av. J.-C. (Nos 1525-2219). Paris: Libraire Ancienne Honoré Champion. |
| Robin 1991-1993 a: 62, fig. 18 | Robin, Christian J. (ed.) 1991-1993 [1992]. L'Arabie antique de Karibʾîl à Mahomet. Nouvelles données sur l'histoire des Arabes grâces aux inscriptions. (Revue du Monde Musulman et de la Mediterranée, 61). Aix-en-Provence: Édisud. |