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CIH 335


Calvet and Robin 1997: 157, cat. 79

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodC
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT

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   1  Hwtrʿṯt (ʾ)zʾd bn Dʿmm (h)qn—
   2  y s²ym-hmw Tʾlb Rymm bʿl Trʿt
   3  ḏn ṣlmn b-ḏt s¹ʿd-hw mngt ṣ—
   4  dqm w-l-ḏt yz Tʾlb s¹ʿd-hw nʿ—
   5  mtm w-wfym w-rḍy ʾmrʾ-hw bny
   6  (H)mdn w-s²ʿb-hmw Ḥs²dm b-Tʾlb Rym<m>

Apparatus
4yz as a defective writing of yzʾ.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Hwtrʿṯt ʾzʾd descendant of Dʿmm dedicated
   2  to his patron Tʾlb Rymm, Master of Trʿt,
   3  this statue, because He granted him good luck
   4  and so that Tʾlb should continue to grant him prosperity
   5  and safety and the satisfaction of their lords the banū
   6  Hamdān and their tribe Ḥs²dm. By Tʾlb Rymm.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositParis, Louvre Museum, AO 7091
Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 22, w. 36.5, th. 12
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteJabal Riyām
Ancient siteTrʿt
Geographical areaArḥab
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple Tʾlb Rymm bʿl Trʿt
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Calvet and Robin 1997: 157-158, cat. 79Calvet, Yves and Robin, Christian J. 1997. Arabie heureuse. Arabie déserte. Les antiquités arabiques du Musée du Louvre. Avec la collaboration de Françoise Briquel-Chatonnet and Marielle Pic. Paris: Editions de la Réunion des musées nationaux.