A-20-888
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 3 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
[... ...]
1 [... ...](m)w bnw Tbʿm (h)—
2 [qnyw Tʾl](b) Rymm bʿl Trʿt
3 [... ... b-]ḏt ṣdq-hmw b-k—
4 [l ... ...] b-ʿm-hw w-l s¹ʿd-
5 [hmw ... ...]-hmw w-wfy kl ḏ-q—
6 [nyw ... ... ]ʾṯmrm hnʾm b-Tʾ—
7 [lb]
| 1 | We suppose that the stone is broken also on the upper side and that the dedicants are more than one. The name could be a patronymic. |
| 3-4 | Perhaps to be integrated b-k[l ʾmlʾ s¹tmlʾ] b-ʿm-hw. |
| 7 | Tʾlb could be followed by the epithet Rymm. It is less likely, calculating the length of the lacuna on the right side on the basis of the supposed integration between l. 4 and 5, that there was also bʿl Trʿt. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
[... ...] 1 [... ...]mw bnw Tbʿm de- 2 dicated to Tʾlb Rymm Master of Trʿt 3 [... ...] because He fulfilled all that 4 [... ...] from Him, and may He grant 5 them [... ...] and the safety of all that 6 they possess [... ...] sound crops, by 7 Tʾlb. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, University Museum, A-20-888 |
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 33.5, w. 26, th. 12.7 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Jabal Riyām |
| Ancient site | Trʿt |
| Geographical area | Arḥab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Tʾlb bʿl Rymm |
| Notes | The inscription, said to have origin from al-Jawf, more likely comes from the Hamdān region, according to the mention of the god Tʾlb Rymm bʿl Trʿt. |
| Link to site record |