Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Measure of letters | 2 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
English | |
1 S¹ʿdm ʾḏrḥ and his brother Ḥywm, and [their] son, 2 [..]ḥn, of the family Brdd, dedicated to Tʾlb Rymm, Lord 3 of Trʿt, this statue, for the well-being of their lord, S²ʿ- 4 rm ʾwtr, king of Sabaʾ and ḏū-Raydān, son of ʾl- 5 hn Nhfn, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Rayadān, and for the well-being 6 of their lord Ḥywʿṯtr Yḍʿ, of the family Hmdn; 7 and may Tʾlb grant them the favour and the goodwill of their lords, 8 the kings, and of the family Hmdn; and because [… ...] |
Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Jabal Riyām |
Ancient site | Trʿt |
Geographical area | Arḥab |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Tʾlb Rymm bʿl Trʿt |
Link to site record |
Schaffer 1972: 27-28, pl. V/9 | 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. |