Gl 1320 A 295; Gr 180
Solá Solé 1964: pl. IX/1
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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 - fragmentary |
GENERAL NOTES
| M. Höfner completed the reading of Solá-Solé and integrated the text basing on the parallel text Gl 1320/II. Here the reading of M. Höfner is followed (Höfner 1981: 40-41). |
TEXT
1 [Yrm ʾy]mn [w]-Brg [Y]hrḥb [b—
2 ny ʾw]s¹lt Rfs²n bn Hmdn (ʾ)—
3 [bʿl b]ytn Hrn ʾqwl s²ʿbn|
4 [S¹mʿy ṯ]lṯn ḏ-Ḥs²dm hqnyy s²—
5 [ym-hmw] T[ʾ]lb (R)ymm (b)[ʿl T—
6 rʿt s¹ṯ](t)n ʾṣlmn (l)-w(f)y-(h)[mw|
7 w-wfy ʾ](b)yt-hmw w-s²ʿb-hmw[ Ḥ—
8 s²dm w]-(ʾ)rḍ-hmw w-l-s¹ʿd-hmw (ʾ)—
9 [ṯmr w-ʾ](f)ql ṣdqm ʿ(d)[y ʾ]s¹rr-(h)—
10 [mw w-ʾr]ḍ-hmw w-l s¹ʿd-hmw ḥ—
11 [ẓy w-r]ḍw mrʾ-hmw Wh(b)[ʾl|
12 Yḥz]mlk S¹bʾ w-l-wḍʿ[ w-ṯbr|
13 kl ḍ](r)-hmw w-s²nʾ-hmw[ w-ḫr—
14 yn-h]mw bn nḍʿ [w-s²]ṣy[ s²nʾ—
15 m w-l-wzʾ Tʾlb bryn ʾʾḏn-h—
16 mw w-mqymt-hmw b-Tʾlb Rymm]
| 7 | In the word w-s²ʿb-hmw there is a space between /h/ and /m/. |
| 11 | Before Solá Solé, Glaser had already proposed to integrate the name Whb[ʾl Yḥz] (1895: 69). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [Yrm ʾy]mn and Brg [Y]hrḥb, [sons 2 of ʾw]s¹lt Rfs²n of Hmdn, 3 [lords of] the palace Hrn, ʾqwl of the tribe 4 [S¹mʿy, the thi]rd of Ḥs²dm, they (both) dedicated 5 to their Patron Tʾlb Rymm, Lord of T- 6 [rʿt, these] statues for t[heir] safety 7 [and for the safety of] their houses and their tribe 8 [Ḥs²dm and] their lands; and may He bestow upon them 9 f[ruits and] harvest and righteousness in [their] valleys 10 [and] their [la]nds; and may He bestow upon them the favour 11 and the grace of their lord Whb[ʾl 12 Yḥz], king of Sabaʾ; and may He humiliate [and break 13 all] their [en]emies and their ill-wishers and may He 14 [deliver] them from the maleficence and the malevolence of ill-wishers; 15 [and may Tʾlb reinforce the might of their authority 16 and of their power. By Tʾlb Rymm]. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Jabal Riyām |
| Ancient site | Trʿt |
| Geographical area | Arḥab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Tʾlb Rymm |
| Notes | Probably reemployed in the construction of a modern building. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Glaser 1895 | Glaser, Eduard 1895. Die Abessinier in Arabien und Afrika. Münich: Verlag von Hermann Lukaschik, G. Franz'sche Hofbuchhandlung. |
| Solá Solé 1964: 31-33, pl. IX/1 | 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. |
| Höfner 1981: 40-41, pl. X | Höfner, Maria 1981. Sabäische Inschriften. (Letzte Folge). Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 14. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 378). Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. |