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FB - Jabal Riyām 1
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
GENERAL NOTES
| Cette graphie correspond assez bien au stade C1 de P. Stein, qu’il fait remonter aux environs de 300 avant notre ère, d’après les inscriptions datées selon l’ère séleucide (Bron 2022: 216). |
TEXT
1 [... ...]m bn ʿms¹mʿ bn Yhʿ[n hqny s²ym-hw Tʾlb Rymm bʿl Tr-]
2 ʿt nfs¹-hw w-bny-hw ʾlkr[b ... ...]
3 qny-hw w-byt-hw Yfʿn ḏ-s²ʾ[m ... ...]—
4 q bn Yhs³ḥm w-byty-hw Ykrb[ ... ...]
5 hw ḏ-ʿhdn b-mwḥlm w-mrnʿ [... ...]
6 Ḥṣṣm b-ḏ S¹mhʿly w-ʿbrn ḏ-[... ...]—
7 n Twbʾl bn Nyṣn w-S³bbn ḏ-Y[... ... ... ...]—
8 k mʾtmm w-ʿbr-hw b-mḥl S³ḥ[... ...]
9 ʿbrt-hw ḏt Mrn b-ḏ S¹mhʿly[ ... ...]
10 [.] ʿr[... ]mqwltm b-brk ḏ-[... ...]
11 [... ...] w-Tbʿkrb[ ... ...]
12 [... ...]mn hmt[... ...]
13 [... ...]
14 [... ...]ʿṯt b[n ... ...]
15 [... ...]Hs²mr [... ...]
TRANSLATIONS
| French | |
1 ....m, fils de ʿAmmīsamiʿ, (du lignage) Yuhaʿ[īn, a dédié à son patron Taʾlab Riyām, seigneur de Tur- 2 ʿat, sa personne, ses fils Ilīkar[ib ... 3 ses biens, son domaine Yafʿan, qu’il a acqui[s de ... 4 (du lignage) Yuhas3ḥim, et ses deux domaines Yakrub [et ... |
| 5-15 | Bron provided no translations of these lines because too fragmentary. |
| Bron 2022: 216 | Bron, François 2022. Une inscription sabéenne inédite du Jabal Riyām. Semitica et Classica, 15: 215-216. 2025/06/10; https://doi.org/10.1484/J.SEC.5.133137. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with framework |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| 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 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bron 2022: 215-216 | Bron, François 2022. Une inscription sabéenne inédite du Jabal Riyām. Semitica et Classica, 15: 215-216. 2025/06/10; https://doi.org/10.1484/J.SEC.5.133137. |