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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 4.7
Textual typology Dedicatory text
GENERAL NOTES
Palaeographically of period C-D.
TEXT marker
1 Rbʾl bn Ḫlṣ ʿb— 2 d ḏ-ʾlhn hqny | 3 bʿl byt-hmw ṣlm— 4 n l-wfy-hmw w-wfy 5 [ʾbʿl] byt-hm[w]
TRANSLATIONSEnglish 1 Rbʾl bn Ḫlṣ, ser-
2 vant of ḏ-ʾlhn, dedicated
3 to the lord of their house the statue,
4 for their health and the health of
5 the lords of their house.
OBJECT INFORMATIONDeposit Riyāḍ, Museum Support type Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription Material Stone Measures h. 25, w. 27, w. 15 Link to object record
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCEOrigin Modern site Unknown Ancient site Unknown Geographical area Unknown Country Unknown Link to site record
BIBLIOGRAPHYRyckmans, Gonzague 1953 : 269-270, pl. IRyckmans, Gonzague 1953. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Dixième série. Le Muséon , 66: 267-317. Jamme 1970 b : 121Jamme, Albert W.F. 1970. The pre-Islamic Inscriptions of the Riyâdh Museum. Oriens Antiquus , 9: 113-139.