Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 3 (ll. 1-8); 2.5 (ll. 9-13) | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
3 | B. Schaffer integrated s²lṯn]hn. P. Stein 2003 a: 125 (example 227): ṯlṯn]hn. |
English | |
1 S¹ʿds²ms¹m Yʾzm and his brother Brg Yhrḥb 2 and […]nn, of the family Btʿ and Hmdn, ʾqwl of the tribe of S¹m- 3 ʿy, the two thirds of Ḥmln and Ḥs²dm, dedicated to their Patron, 4 Tʾlb Rymm, Lord of Tʿrt, four statues in praise 5 because Tʾlb Rymm bestowed on them all divine favours they ask- 6 ed Him for; and may Tʾlb Rymm continue to bestow on them and 7 grant His servants, the family Btʿ and Hmdn, all divine favours 8 they will ask Him for; and in praise because Tʾlb Rymm helped and saved, 9 His two servants, S¹ʿds²ms¹m and Brg, of the family Btʿ 10 and Hmdn and their two tribes Ḥmln and Ḥs²d, as [… ... 11 … ... Rḥbtn from the town Mrb [… … 12 in the month of ʾbhy, (that) of the insurrection which raised [ … …] 13 [… …] in that military campaign; and may [… …] |
Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Jabal Riyām |
Ancient site | Trʿt |
Geographical area | Arḥab |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Tʾlb Rymm bʿl Trʿt |
Link to site record |
Schaffer 1972: 24-27, pl. IV/8 | Schaffer, Brigitte 1972. Sabäische Inschriften aus verschiedenen Fundorten. Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 7. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 282/1). Vienna: Böhlaus in Komm. |
Stein 2003 a: 125 | Stein, Peter 2003. Untersuchungen zur Phonologie und Morphologie des Sabäischen. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 3). Rahden: Marie Leidorf GmbH / Westf.: Marie Leidorf GmbH. |