Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 3 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
Based on palaeographic evidence, on the name of the quoted places, and on the mention of the lords of the family Btʿ, the inscription is dated by the editors between 223 and 300 AD. |
5 | The restoration of the line is given on the basis of the inscriptions MAFY-Khaywān 2/1 and Ja 562/1-2. |
6 | Wklm: name of the palace of the lords of Bataʿ in the city of Ḥāz. |
8-9 | Restoration based on the inscription Ir 27/2. |
English | |
[... ...] 1 they dedicated to their Patron [Tʾlb Rymm], 2 Lord of Trʿt [... ...] 3 may He grant them the goodwill and [the satisfaction of their lords] 4 Yrm Yhrḥb and his sons (or, his brothers) 5 ʾ ws¹lt and Brg, of the family [Btʿ, lords] 6 of the house Wklm [... ...] 7 their Patron Tʾlb [... ...] 8 prosperous possessions and [good harvestes] 9 in their terraced fiels and their [... ...] 10 plantations and Ḥy[...], 11 mqtwy of Yrm, ʾws¹lt and Brg praised the authority 12 and the power of Tʾlb Rymm because He brought back him 13 from the land of the North when their lords 14 sent him (on mission) and he reached the land of ʾs¹dn, the land of 15 Nzrm, the land of Tnḫ, the land of Lḥyn, 16 the land of Tdmrm, the land of Nbṭm, the 17 land of the Romans, the land of Lḫmm, the land of 18 Ġs¹n, the land of Mʿdm, the land of Ṭym and the land of 19 Ḫṣṣtn. And they committed (the dedication). By Tʾlb Rym |
10 | According to the editors the word ʾʿrs²m could be an error of the engraver and it should be emended in ʾʿrs³m, because the meaning of this latter fits better with the context (M. Arbach and J. Schiettecatte 2015 a: 376). |
Arbach and Schiettecatte 2015 a: 374-375 | Arbach, Mounir and Schiettecatte, Jérémies 2015. De la diplomatie et de l'aristocratie tribale du Royaume de Sabaʾ d'après une inscription du IIIe siècle de l'ère chrétienne. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres: 371-397. |
Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 89, w. 33 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Jabal Riyām |
Ancient site | Trʿt |
Geographical area | Arḥab |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Tʾlb Rymm bʿl Trʿt |
Notes | This inscription, together with a group of other 25 inscriptions, comes from an illegal excavation in the temple of Tʾlb. |
Link to site record |
Arbach and Schiettecatte 2015 a: 371-379 | Arbach, Mounir and Schiettecatte, Jérémies 2015. De la diplomatie et de l'aristocratie tribale du Royaume de Sabaʾ d'après une inscription du IIIe siècle de l'ère chrétienne. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres: 371-397. |