Italy Pr.Coll. Ga(rbini) 2 Ga 90(Ja)
Garbini 1976: pl. 3/a
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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 - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [... ...] Ḥmln w-Rdmn w-Yrs¹m w-[...]
2 [... ...] mrʾ-hmw Whbʾl Yḥz mlk S¹bʾ w-
3 [... ...]k S¹bʾ b-kn gzyw b-hgrn Wʿl[n]
4 [... ...]f hgrn Ṣnʿw w-hṯbw l-ʾḏn Tʾl[b]
5 [... ... M]rṯdm w-bny Grt w-kl ḏ-kwn kwn-
6 [hmw ... ...]hm w-l s¹ʿd-hmw rḍw w-ḥẓy m—
7 [rʾ-hmw ... ...]
| 3 | S¹bʾ as the tribe name is hypothetical. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] Ḥmln, Rdmn, Yrs¹m [... ...] 2 [... ...] their lord Whbʾl Yḥz, the king of Sabaʾ 3 [... ...] Sabaʾ (?), when they acquitted themselves in the city Wʿln 4 [... ...] the city Ṣnʿw; they testified to the autority of Tʾlb 5 [... ...] Mrṯdm and the family Grt and everyone who were on their side 6 [... ...] May He grant them the favour and the goodwill of their lords 7 [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Italy (Private collection) |
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 30, w. 45 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Garbini 1976: 298-300, pl. 3/a | Garbini, Giovanni 1976. Iscrizioni sudarabiche. Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli, 36/2: 293-315. |