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Jabal Riyām 2006-13
By kind permission of J. Schiettecatte
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
GENERAL NOTES
| The text could be dated to the 7th century BC. |
TEXT
1 Lḥyʿṯt bn ʿbd(m) [hqny]
2 Tʾlb ywm ṣdq bn ʾ(b)ʿl
3 (y)qʾb ḏt [... ...] ʿ—
4 [... ...]
| 3 | the line is not easy to read, perhaps there is the name of the possessions or of the owner. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Lḥyʿṯt, son of ʿbdm, [dedicated to] 2 Tʾlb, when he claimed proprietorial rights over the possessions 3 ... [... ...] 4 [... ...] |
| 2 | the editors translate: "il s'est acquitté des possessions". |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with framework |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 28, w. 49 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Jabal Riyām |
| Ancient site | Trʿt |
| Geographical area | Arḥab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Notes | The stela is placed in a courtyard of a modern house in Riyām village. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Arbach and Schiettecatte 2012: 50, fig. 16 | Arbach, Mounir and Schiettecatte, Jérémie 2012. Inscriptions inédites du Jabal Riyām des VIIe-VIe siècles av. J.-C.. Pages 37-68 in Alexander V. Sedov (ed.). New research in archaeology and epigraphy of South Arabia and its neighbors. Proceedings of the "Rencontres Sabéennes 15" held in Moscow, May 25th –27th, 2011. Moscow: The State Museum of Oriental Art. |