Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Measure of letters | 3 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
5 | For the verb ygbn, see Beeston 1973: 444 < GYB "protect"; Schaffer < NGB. |
English | |
1 [Hwf]ʿm and his son [… …], of the family ʿṣmm, dedicated to their Patron] Tʾlb Rymm, 2 Lord of the top of the town ʿṣmm, two statues, as He ordered in His oracle, because 3 they asked a good omen from Tʾlb for the drought, which afflicted their vineyards and their terraced fields and Tʾlb 4 promised to His vassals, the family ʿṣmm, that He will grant them spring and autumn good 5 and healthy fruits in their lands as He will protect them from drought; may He grant them 6 prosperity and well-being, regarding their valleys and their people, and may He grant them the favour of their lords and their tribes; 7 and may He grant them wealthy, male and in good health children; and may He deliver them from the harm of 8 enemies. By Tʾlb [Rymm]. |
Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
Link to object record |
Modern site | ʿUṣām |
Ancient site | ʿṣmm |
Geographical area | Arḥab |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Tʾlb Rymm bʿl rʾs¹ hgrn ʿṣmm |
Link to site record |
Schaffer 1972: 31-34, pl, VIII, figs 15, 16 | 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. |
Beeston 1973: 444 | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1973. Notes on Old South Arabian lexicography VIII. Le Muséon, 86: 443-453. |
Nebes 1995 a: 24 (17) | Nebes, Norbert 1995. Die Konstruktionen mit /fa-/ im Altsüdarabischen. Syntaktische und epigraphische Untersuchungen. (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission, 40). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. |