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Gr 211 Riyām 40


Bauer and Lundin 1998: photo 187 a
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Bauer and Lundin 1998: photo 187 a
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Bauer and Lundin 1998: photo 187 b

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters3.5
Chronology
PeriodD. Conjectural
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ...]
   2  [... ...] Trʿt ṣlmn [... ...]
   3  [... ...ḥmdm b]-ḏt s¹ʿd ʿbd-hw R[ybm... ...]
   4  [... ...mhrg]t w-mqyḥt ṣ[dqm ... ...]
   5  [... ...]mrʾ-hmw Yḥ[... ...]
   6  [... ... mlk S¹]bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn [... ...]
   7  [... ...]ḥgm w-ʾhftm [... ...]
   8  [... ...Tʾ]lb b-ḏt s¹ʿd-hm[w ... ...]
   9  [... ... ]S¹ḫymm w-s²ʿb-hmw[... ...]
  10  [... ...m]qyḥt ṣdqm w-b-ḏt [... ...]
  11  [... ...] s¹tmlʾw b-ʿm-hw w-[... ...]
  12  [... ...hwf]yn Tʾlb Rymm ʿbd-hw
  13  [Rybm bn] S¹ḫymm b-kl ʾmlʾ ys¹tm[lʾnn]
  14  [b-ʿ]m-hw w-l s¹ʿd-hw nʿmtm w-w[fym... ...]
  15  [w-l s¹ʿd ... ...] ʿbd-hw Rybm w-bry ʾḏn[m... ...]
  16  [... ...]mm w-l wḍʿ ḍr-hmw w-s²nʾ-[hmw ... ...]
  17  [... ...] b-[Tʾ]lb Rymm w-mḍḥ-hmw
  18  [... ...]w-S²ms¹m b-[ʿlt... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 74, w. 44
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteJabal Riyām
Ancient siteTrʿt
Geographical areaArḥab
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of Tʾlb Rymm.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bauer and Lundin 1998: 68-69, photos 187 a, bBauer, 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]