CSAI

Corpus of Sabaic Inscriptions (work in progress)


Antonini 1998: 268, fig. 9
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

TEXT


      [... ...]
   1  [...] l-ḫryn-hmw[... ...]
   2  w-mngt s¹wʾm w-[l-ḫryn ((l-hʾnn))]—
   3  hmw bn nḍʿ w-s¹yb[ w-s²ṣy]
   4  s²nʾm w-l s¹ʿd-hmw[ nʾmt]—
   5  m w-mngt ṣdqm b-[...Tʾl]—
   6  b Rymm

TRANSLATIONS

English

      ......
   1  [...] that may protect them and [...
   2  the evil and [that may preserve
   3  them from misfortune and wickedness [and harm
   4  of any enemy and that may grant them prosperi-
   5  ty and good; by [Tʾl-
   6  b Rymm
Antonini 1998: 267-269Antonini, Sabina 1998. South Arabian antiquities in a private collection in Ar-Riyaḍ (Saudi Arabia). With a note by Giovanni Mazzini. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 9/2: 261-272.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositRiyāḍ (Private collection)
Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin. Conjectural
Modern siteJabal Riyām
Ancient siteTrʿt
Geographical areaArḥab
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of Tʾlb Rymm
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Antonini 1998: 267-269, fig. 9Antonini, Sabina 1998. South Arabian antiquities in a private collection in Ar-Riyaḍ (Saudi Arabia). With a note by Giovanni Mazzini. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 9/2: 261-272.