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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
Language Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
Alphabet Ancient South Arabian
Script typology Monumental writing
Measure of letters 4
Chronology
Textual typology Construction text - fragmentary (conjectural)
TEXT marker
1 H(lkʾ)m(r) w-Mʿ(d)rb— 2 m w-ʿmkr(b) bnw 3 (Br)y bn Hmdn ʾ— 4 [.]w[.] ḫdrn (g)wlm
Apparatus 3 The name Bry is not attested elsewhere. In the copy of the text the first letter seems to be a /b/; the second may be a /r/ and the /y/ is quite sure. 4 The beginning of the line is dammaged. The second letter may be either a /w/ or /ʿ/.
TRANSLATIONSEnglish 1 Hlkʾmr and Mʿdrb-
2 m and ʿmkrb, sons of
3 Bry, of the family Hmdn,
4 […] the tomb with full ownership rights.
OBJECT INFORMATION ORIGIN AND PROVENANCEOrigin and provenance Modern site Jabal Riyām Ancient site Trʿt Geographical area Arḥab Country Yemen Archaeological context Funerary context: Tomb Link to site record
BIBLIOGRAPHYSolá Solé 1964 : 7-8, pl. I/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.