Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 4.5 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
3 | It could be integrated: y[wm h]ṯb. |
5 | The editor integrates: hʾ[mnn l-...]. |
5-6 | Following the editor the proper name could be integrated: ʾb]s¹mʿor Mʿd]s¹mʿ. |
6 | The editor integrates: mṣr Y[dʿʾb. |
English | |
1 S¹ʿdm Rwyn, son of ʿmʾ[mn, of the family W]- 2 kbm, dedicated to Tʾlb his person and 3 his son and his property, when Yṯʿʾmr 4 Wtr testified thanks to him 5 when he ordained (?) [... ...]- 6 s¹mʿ on the army of [... ... at the vicinity] 7 of Wnb, the city of Qtbn in [... ...] |
Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with framework |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 41, w. 32 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Itwa |
Ancient site | ʾtwtm |
Geographical area | Arḥab |
Country | Yemen |
Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
Notes | Discovered in the courtyard of the mosque. |
Link to site record |
Modern site | Jabal Riyām |
Ancient site | Trʿt |
Geographical area | Arḥab |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Tʾlb |
Notes | The site of provenance of this stela is certainly Itwa, while its origin is uncertain between Itwa and Jabal Riyām. |
Link to site record |
Bauer and Lundin 1998: 72-73, photos 191 a, b | Bauer, Gleb M. and Lundin (=Loundine), Avraam G. 1998. Pamjatniki Drevnej Istorii i Kultury. Južnaja Aravija. Part 2: Epigraficheskie pamjiatniki drevnego Jemena. 2. St.-Petersburg: Zentr "Peterburgskoe vostokovedenie". [Akademia nauk, Institut Vostokovedenija, Sankt-Peterburgskiy filial] |