CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT


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   1  [bn]y Bt[ʿ] w-s²ʿb-hm[w] w-l-ḫ[r]yn-
   2  hmw bn nḍʿ w-s²ṣy s²[nʾm]
   3  [b]-Tʾlb Rymm

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresw. 32
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteItwa
Ancient siteʾtwtm
Geographical areaArḥab
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
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Origin. Conjectural
Modern siteJabal Riyām
Ancient siteTrʿt
Geographical areaArḥab
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of Tʾlb
NotesThe site of provenance of this stela is certainly Itwa, while its origin is uncertain between Itwa and Jabal Riyām.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bauer and Lundin 1998: 77Bauer, 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]