Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 4 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
English | |
[... ... dedicated to] 1 Tʾlb Rymm, Lord of 2 the top of ʿṣmm, that statue 3 as He ordered them in 4 His oracle, for the safety of 5 his son Nmrn and may He grant 6 them well-being and 7 prosperity and crops 8 from their land and [their 9 fields. By Tʾlb Rymm] |
Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
Link to object record |
Modern site | ʿUṣām |
Ancient site | ʿṣmm |
Geographical area | Arḥab |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple Tʾlb Rymm bʿl rʾs¹ ʿṣmm |
Link to site record |
Schaffer 1972: 30-31, pl. VII, fig. 13 | Schaffer, Brigitte 1972. Sabäische Inschriften aus verschiedenen Fundorten. Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 7. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 282/1). Vienna: Böhlaus in Komm. |