CIH 197
Garbini 1970 b: pl. XXIV/e; Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 113, fig. 84
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- Garbini 1970 b: pl. XXIV/e; Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 113, fig. 84
Image free from copyright - Rijziger 2018: 153, fig. 36
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
GENERAL NOTES
| All ʾ are dextrograde. |
TEXT
1 [..]q[.]m bn Ḏrḥ—
2 ʾl hqny Tʾlb
3 Rymm bʿl S²ṣr(m)
4 ḏn ṣlmn ḥmdm-b-
5 ḏt s¹ʿd-hw mʿlṣ
6 (ṣ)dqm (kl) ḫrft
7 (h)ʿlṣ w-l s¹ʿd-hmw
8 Tʾlb mngt ṣdqm
9 w-rḍw mrʾ-hmw w-
10 s²ʿb-hmw w-l wḍʿ s²—
11 (n)ʾ-hmw w-l-w(s³)f-hm—
12 [w] ḏt nʿmt w-tnʿ—
13 mn b-Tʾlb Rymm
| 1 | [ʾl]qdm (CIH), [B]q[l]m (Mordtmann, Mittwoch and Rijziger). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [..]q[.]m son of Ḏrḥ- 2 ʾl dedicated to Tʾlb R- 3 ymm, Lord of S²ṣrm, 4 this statue, in praise 5 because He granted him good 6 crops every autumnal season 7 he harvested; and may Tʾlb 8 grant them good luck 9 and the satisfaction of their lords and 10 their tribe, and may He destroy 11 their enemy and may He increase them 12 what has been and will be favourable, by Tʾlb Rymm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 90, w. 25 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ḥāz |
| Ancient site | Ḥzym |
| Geographical area | Hamdān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Tʾlb Rymm bʿl S²ṣrm |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
Tʾlb Rymm, Master of S²ṣrm at Ḥzym (the modern Ḥāz), is the tutelary deity of Hamdān.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 113-114 (facsimile) | Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1931. Sabäische Inschriften. Rathjens-v. Wissmannsche Südarabischen-Reise. 1. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter. |
| Garbini 1970 b: 537, pl. 24/e | Garbini, Giovanni 1970. Antichità yemenite II. Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli, 30/4: 537-548. |
| Rijziger 2018: 152-153, fig. 36 | Rijziger, Sarah 2018. Sabaean inscriptions from Ḥāz, Yemen. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 29/2: 135-171. 2019/10/02; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/aae.12111. |