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Solá Solé 1964: pl. V, fig. 1
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters4
Chronology
PeriodC. Conjectural
Textual typologyConstruction text - fragmentary (conjectural)

TEXT


   1  [... ...]w-bn-hw bnw ʿks¹m [... ...]
   2  [... ...]hqs²bw l-mrʾ-hmw Ḥrs²w [... ...]
   3  [l-s¹]ʿd-hw rḍw-hw w-rḍw (w)-[ḥ]—
   4  [ẓy] ʾmrʾ-hmw bny Hmdn w-[s²ʿb-]
   5  [hmw] Ḥs²dm

Apparatus
2It is uncertain that Ḥrs²w was a proper name of a building.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...] and his son, members of the family ʿks¹m [... ...]
   2  [... ...] built Ḥrs²w for their lord [... ...]
   3  [may He] grant him His satisfaction and the satisfaction and [the goodwill]
   4  of their lords, members of the family Hmdn and [of their tribe]
   5  Ḥs²dm.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeUnknown
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteJabal Riyām
Ancient siteTrʿt
Geographical areaArḥab
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Solá Solé 1964: 17-18, pl. V, fig. 1Solá Solé, Josep M. 1964. Inschriften aus Riyām. Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 4. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 243/4). Vienna: Böhlaus.