Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Measure of letters | 3.5 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
2 | The name of the town Mḫd, if the reading is correct, is new. Nevertheless in RES 4176, 11 is attested Mnḫd, place near Riyām. |
4 | The lacuna at the end of the line could be restored as b[ḏt s¹ʿd]-hmw. |
6 | It is not sure that Bynn was the name of a man. |
7-8 | For the restoration of the lacuna cf. RES 4190, 9-10. |
English | |
[… …] 1 [… …] and his brother, family 2 [… … the tr]ibe of the town Mḫd, 3 [dedicated to] their [Pat]ron Tʾlb Rymm, 4 [Lord of Trʿt] (this) statue in praise because [He …] their […] 5 [… …] Bynn […] their […] 6 [… …] and health; and may He [bestow upon] them 7 [the spr]ing and autumn [crops] and may He bestow upon 8 [them … …] |
Solá Solé 1964: 25-26 | 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. |
Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Itwa |
Ancient site | ʾtwtm |
Geographical area | Arḥab |
Country | Yemen |
Notes | J. M. Solá Solá claims that this inscription comes from Etwa, the ancient 'Itwat, without adding further information. From the content of the text, however, it can be inferred that it was originally placed in the temple of Tʾlb Rymm. |
Link to site record |
Modern site | Jabal Riyām |
Ancient site | Trʿt |
Geographical area | Arḥab |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Tʾlb Rymm |
Link to site record |
Solá Solé 1964: 25-26, pl. VII/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. |