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 |
11 | The r of wrḍw is inscribed over an erroneous ḥ. |
English | |
1 (ʿ)w(f)ṣdqm Yzd, son of [...], 2 military official of Rbm ʾḫṭr and 3 Hʿn ʾs¹ʿd, members of Gdnm and Ḥbtlm 4 and Zbnr, has dedicated to S²ms¹m this other (?) 5 statuette of bronze out of gratitude because 6 S²ms¹m granted him the favour of spoils and booty 7 in all battles he undertook and served his lords 8 Rbm ʾḫṭr and Hʿn ʾs¹ʿd, members of Gdnm 9 and Ḥbtlm and Zbnr, and that S²ms¹m may continue to 10 grant him spoils and booty 11 and the goodwill and satisfaction of his lords 12 Rbm ʾḫṭr and Hʿn ʾs¹ʿd, members of 13 Gdnm and Ḥbtlm and Zbnr, 14 <by ...>(?) and by S²ms¹m! |
Rijziger 2017 b: 239-241 | Rijziger, Sarah 2017. Two new inscriptions mentioning Rabbum ʾAkhṭar, a military commander of the Sabaean king in the first half of the third century AD. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 28/2: 238-245. 2019/10/19; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/16000471/2017/28/2. |
Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
Material | Stone |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Ṣirwāḥ-Arḥab |
Ancient site | Mdrm |
Geographical area | Arḥab |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of S²ms¹m |
Notes | According to its owner, the inscription comes from Ṣirwāḥ or Marib. |
Link to site record |
Rijziger 2017 b: 239-241, fig. 1 | Rijziger, Sarah 2017. Two new inscriptions mentioning Rabbum ʾAkhṭar, a military commander of the Sabaean king in the first half of the third century AD. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 28/2: 238-245. 2019/10/19; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/16000471/2017/28/2. |