| 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 |
| English | |
1 [... ...] 2 [... ...] and ʾzʾd, of the families Ḥs¹mm and Yfʿyn, dedicated to their Patron Tʾlb 3 Rymm Master of Ḫḍʿtn of the city of Ukāniṭ this statue, in order for Him to grant them 4 prosperity and safety, and the satisfaction of their lords the family Hamdān, and of their tribe 5 Ḥāshidum, and in order for Tʾlb Rymm to grant them sound fruit crops in 6 their land, their fields and the field of their lords ḏ-Yfʿ and M[... ...] 7 and in order for Tʾlb to continue to grant them sound faculties and material resources, and to 8 humiliate their ill-whisher, by Tʾlb Rymm. |
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with framework |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | w. 60 |
| Link to object record |
| Modern site | al-Qarya |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Hamdān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Notes | Reemployed as architrave of a window. |
| Link to site record |
| Modern site | Kāniṭ |
| Ancient site | ʾknṭ |
| Geographical area | Arhab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple Tʾlb Rymm bʿl Ḫḍʿtn |
| Link to site record |
| Robin 1982 a: ii, 59-61, pl. 28 | Robin, 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. |