CSAI

Corpus of Sabaic Inscriptions (work in progress)


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Measure of letters3.5
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT


   1  ʾbkrb ʾḫṭr w-Rb[... ...]
   2  w-bn-[hmw ... ... hq] —
   3  nyw s²[ym-hmw Tʾlb Rymm bʿl]
   4  Trʿt [ḏn ṣlmn l-wfy bn-hw Hm]—
   5  tʿṯt[... ...n fʿ... ...w-l-s¹ʿd-hmw ʾ]—
   6  wldm ʾḏk[rm w-l-s¹ʿd-hmw ʾ]—
   7  fql ṣdq[m ʿdy ʾrḍ-hmw w-ms²y]—
   8  mt-h[mw ... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 35, w. 28
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

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

Bauer and Lundin 1998: 77-78Bauer, 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]