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 |
As suggested by Rijziger, the text may be partially restored thanks to CIH 349. |
1-2 | [... ...]ʿm could be a patronymic. |
3 | S³ḥryn could be a nisbe. |
English | |
1 [W]hblt Ynʿm, son of [...] 2 ʿm, and Krbʿṯt Yfr[ʿ, son of ..., and his/their sons(?)] 3 S³ḥryn and Ḥmym [... have dedicated to their patron god] 4 Taʾlab Riyāmim, master of Ḫḍʿt[n of the city of Ukāniṭ, this statue] 5 from their war booty from the city [of ..., because he] 6 has granted them to kill [in great numbers, and that Taʾlab may continue] 7 (to give) booty and assure [safety to them and to grant them the favor of their lords,] 8 the Banū Hamdān, and [their tribe Ḥāshidum...] 9 and (that he may) humiliate their foe and [their enemy. By Taʾlab Riyāmim.] |
1-9 | The integrated parts are based on the editor restoration of this inscription (according to the parallel text CIH 349). |
Rijziger 2016: 17-19 | Rijziger, Sarah 2016. The Kāniṭ Museum collection. Arabian Epigraphic Notes, 2: 1-32. 2016/12/05; http://hdl.handle.net/1887/38573. |
Deposit | Kāniṭ, Museum |
Support type | Stone inscription |
Material | Stone |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Kāniṭ |
Ancient site | ʾknṭ |
Geographical area | Arhab |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Tʾlb Rymm bʿl Ḫḍʿtn |
Link to site record |
Rijziger 2016: 17-19, fig. 23 | Rijziger, Sarah 2016. The Kāniṭ Museum collection. Arabian Epigraphic Notes, 2: 1-32. 2016/12/05; http://hdl.handle.net/1887/38573. |