Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Measure of letters | 2 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
3 | S²hrn could be an epithet of the god. |
English | |
1 [... ...] and the house and their son 2 Rbbn, of the family Brym, dedicated to 3 the Lord of their house S²hrn; may He 4 grant them the goodwill and the favour of their two lords 5 ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and Yʾzl 6 Byn, the two kings of Sabaʾ, and may He grant 7 them the safety of their bodies [... ...] |
Support type | Stone inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 23, w. 21 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Itwa |
Ancient site | ʾtwtm |
Geographical area | Arḥab |
Country | Yemen |
Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
Link to site record |
Modern site | Jabal Riyām |
Ancient site | Trʿt |
Geographical area | Arḥab |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple S²hrn |
Notes | The site of provenance of this stela is certainly Itwa, while its origin is uncertain between Itwa and Jabal Riyām. |
Link to site record |
Bauer and Lundin 1998: 80-81 | Bauer, Gleb M. and Lundin (=Loundine), Avraam G. 1998. Pamjatniki Drevnej Istorii i Kultury. Južnaja Aravija. Part 2: Epigraficheskie pamjiatniki drevnego Jemena. 2. St.-Petersburg: Zentr "Peterburgskoe vostokovedenie". [Akademia nauk, Institut Vostokovedenija, Sankt-Peterburgskiy filial] |