Gr 231 Itwa 18; Robin-Itwa 11
Bauer and Lundin 1998: photo 197 bis
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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 |
TEXT
[... ...hqnyt]
1 [N]ws²m nfs¹-h w-wld-
2 [h] Ṣbḥhmw w-Ḍmf—
3 t w-wld-hmw w-qny-
4 [h]mw w-[l]-ḏrʾ-h tḏrʾ—
5 m nʿmm w-rṯd N[w]—
6 [s²]m ʾlqdm
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
[... ... she dedicated to] 1 Nws²m her person and her children 2 Ṣbḥhmw and Ḍmft 3 and their children and their property; 4 May He sow good 5 sowing for her. ʾlqdm comitted to 6 Nws²m. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Itwa |
| Ancient site | ʾtwtm |
| Geographical area | Arḥab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Link to site record |
| Modern site | Jabal Riyām |
| Ancient site | Trʿt |
| Geographical area | Arḥab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context |
| Notes | The site of provenance of this stela is certainly Itwa, while its origin is uncertain between Itwa and Jabal Riyām. |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bauer and Lundin 1998: 81-82, photo 197 bis | Bauer, 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] |