Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic |
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
Script typology | Monumental writing |
Writing technique | Incision |
Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
1 | Brg Yḥ]md [w-bny-hw Nm (CIH). |
2 | w-ʾl[2rḥ (CIH). |
2-3 | Gdn (CIH). |
3-4 | w-Yhrm (CIH). |
English | |
1 [... ...] 2 and Ns²ʾkrb and [... ...] 3 and Krbʿṯt Yrḥb and their sons [....] 4 and Ḫlbn and Whbʾwm and Yh[.]m 5 banu Ddn dedicated to their Patron 6 Tʾlb Rymm Lord of Ḫʿtn of the town 7 ʾknṭ the statue in respect of what they sought from Him 8 for their safety and the safety of their sons and for that He may continue 9 to grant them healthy children and prosperity 10 of faculties and material resources and 11 sound crops and harvest in their lands 12 and their fields and may He humiliate 13 their war and their enemies and may Tʾlb fulfil 14 to them the favours they sought from Him. |
Deposit | Istanbul, Ancient Orient Museum, 7478 |
Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 60, w. 35 |
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Modern site | Kāniṭ |
Ancient site | ʾknṭ |
Geographical area | Arhab |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Tʾlb Rymm bʿl Ḫḍʿtn |
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