Gl 1229 A 252
Solá Solé 1964: pl. VII/2
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| 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 (conjectural) |
TEXT
[... ...]
1 [... ... ]ṯlṯ[tn ....]
2 [... ... ](b)-nʿmtm w-wf(y)m
3 [... ...]m [w-s¹]qym mhs²fqm
4 [... ʾr]ḍ(t)n w-l-ḏt nʿmt (w)-
5 [tnʿmn l-... S¹bʾ w-ḏ-R](y)dn w-l-bytn S¹lḥn w-
6 [... ḍ]r-hmw w-s²nʾ-hmw b-ʿṯtr
7 [w-b s²ym-hmw Tʾlb Rymm ]bʿl Rḥbn w-
8 [... ...]
| 3 | Some traces of s¹ allow the restitution s¹qym. |
| 6-8 | At the end of l. 6 and in the following line(s) had to be integrated the closing formula of the text. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [… …] three [… …] 2 [… …] in prosperity and health 3 [… … and] abundant [irri]gation 4 [… (cultivated) la]nds; and because it has been 5 and 6 [will be favourable … Sabaʾ and ḏu Ra]ydān and for the palace S¹lḥn and 7 […] their [op]ponent and their enemy. By ʿṯtr 8 [and by their Patron Tʾlb Rymm], Lord of Rḥbn, and 9 [… …] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Jabal Riyām |
| Ancient site | Trʿt |
| Geographical area | Arḥab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Tʾlb Rymm bʿl Rḥbn |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Solá Solé 1964: 30-31, pl. VII/2 | 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. |