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Robin-Kāniṭ 8


Robin 1982 a: ii, pl. 27

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters3
Chronology
PeriodC. Conjectural
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ...]
   2  [... ... Tʾlb Rymm bʿ]—
   3  (l) Ḥḍʿ(t)[n ḏ-hg](rn)[ ʾknṭ]
   4  ṣlmynhn ḥg-n w[qh-h]—
   5  mw b-ms¹ʾl-hw l-wfy-[hm]—
   6  w w-wfy bny-hmw w-l
   7  s¹ʿd-hmw ʾwldm ʾḏk—
   8  rwm hnʾm w-nʿmtm w-
   9  bry ʾʾḏnm w-mqymtm-w-
  10  ʾṯmr w-ʾfql ṣdqm ʿ—
  11  dy ʾrḍ-hmw w-ms²ymt-h—
  12  mw w-l wḍʿ Tʾlb ḍr-h—
  13  mw w-s²nʾ-hmw w-l ṣd—
  14  q-hmw Tʾlb ʾmlʾ s¹tm—
  15  lʾw w-ys¹tmlʾnn b-ʿ—
  16  m-hw b-Tʾlb Rymm

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...]
   2  [... ...] Tʾlb Rymm Master of
   3  Ḫḍʿtn of the city of Ukāniṭ,
   4  two statues, as He ordered them
   5  in His oracle for their safety
   6  and the safety of their sons, and in order for Him
   7  to grant them male and
   8  healthy children, prosperity and
   9  sound faculties and material resources, and
  10  good fruit crops and crops in
  11  their land and their fields,
  12  and in order for Tʾlb to humiliate their enemy
  13  and their ill-whisher, and in order for Tʾlb to
  14  grant them the favours they asked
  15  and will ask Him for,
  16  by Tʾlb Rymm.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 52, w. 31
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteal-Qarya
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaHamdān
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
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Origin
Modern siteKāniṭ
Ancient siteʾknṭ
Geographical areaArhab
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of Tʾlb Rymm bʿl Ḫḍʿtn
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Robin 1982 a: ii, 58-59, pl. 27Robin, Christian J. 1982. Les hautes-terres du Nord-Yémen avant l'Islam. (2 vols), (Uitgaven van het Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut te Istanbul, 50). Istanbul: Nederlands Historisch-Archaelogisch Instituut te Istanbul.