CIAS 95.41/o 6 n° 1
CIAS: i, 215
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic |
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Writing technique | Incision |
| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [... ... ](hqn)[y ](Tʾlb)[ ... ...]
2 [... ...]n ḏ-Bdd ḏn ṣlmn ḥ[mdm ... ...]
3 [... ...]y brw-hw Rḍwm bn Rḍw(m) [... ...]
4 [... ... ʾ](m)[r]ʾ-hm[w b](ny) [... ...]
| 2 | Beeston in CIAS suggests that Bdd might be the epithet of Tʾlb. |
| 3 | [... ... l-wf]y (Beeston in CIAS) |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] dedicated to Tʾlb [... ...] 2 [... ...] of Bdd this statue in praise [... ...] 3 [... ...] his son Rḍwm son of (or, of the family) Rḍwm [... ...] 4 [... ...] their lords, the family [... ...] |
| 3 | For a discussion of the term brw, see Beeston 1979: 98. |
| Beeston 1979 b: 98 | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1979. Studies in Sabaic Lexicography I. Raydān, 2: 89-100. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 545 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 20, w. 43, th. 14 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| CIAS: i, 215-216 (photo) | Beeston, Alfred F.L., Pirenne, Jacqueline and Robin, Christian J. 1977-1986. Corpus des inscriptions et antiquités sud-arabes: Vol. I (1977): Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités; Vol. II (1986): Le Musée d’Aden. Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités. Louvain: Peeters. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres] |