Gl 1321 A 296; RES 3875
Solá Solé 1964: pl. IX/2
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Measure of letters | 4 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text (conjectural) |
TEXT
[... ...]
1 [... s²ym-h]mw Tʾlb Rymm b[ʿl Trʿt ... ...]
2 [...] b-mlʾ s¹tmlʾ b-ʿm-hw w-b-ḏt s¹ʿd-h[mw ... ...]
3 [... ḍb]ʾw w-ḍtrrn l-mrʾ-hmw Ḏmrʿly Byn m—
4 [lk S¹bʾ ...]yb kwnw mknt-hmw w-b-ḏt s¹ʿd-hmw |
5 [... ... ʾm](r)ʾ-hmw ʾm(l)k S¹bʾ l-ḍrr w-ḍbʾ s²ʿbn
6 [... ... ġn]mm w-s¹bym w-mltm ḏ-ʿs¹m w-l-ḏt |
7 [... ... ʾdy]mtm w-ʾwldm ʾḏ(k)r(wm) (hnʾ)[m]
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
[... ...] 1 [...] their Patron Tʾlb Rymm, Lord of [Trʿt ... ...], 2 [...] the favour he had sought from Him and because He granted them [... ...] 3 [...] they fought and waged war for their lord Ḏmrʿly Byn 4 [king of Sabaʾ, ...] which were their estate and because He granted them 5 [... ... ] their lords, the kings of Saba,ʾ to wage war and fight the tribe 6 [... ...] booty and captives and loot in great numbers and in order that 7 [... ...] vassals and healthy male children. |
| 4 | mknt-hmw: Solá-Solé (1964) translates it according to Arabic makānat "ihre Absichten (?)". Glaser interpreted mknt as "cella" (Glaser 1923, p. 55). |
| Solá Solé 1964: 33-34 | Solá Solé, Josep M. 1964. Inschriften aus Riyām. Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 4. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 243/4). Vienna: Böhlaus. |
| Glaser 1923: 55 | Glaser, Eduard 1923. Altjemenische Studien, in den Mitteilungen der Vorderasiatischen Gesselschaft. Leipzig. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Jabal Riyām |
| Ancient site | Trʿt |
| Geographical area | Arḥab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Solá Solé 1964: 33-34, pl. IX/2 | Solá Solé, Josep M. 1964. Inschriften aus Riyām. Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 4. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 243/4). Vienna: Böhlaus. |