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Jabal Riyām 2006-14


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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters4.5
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary (conjectural)

GENERAL NOTES

The inscription could be dated between the end of 7th c.– beginning 6th c. BC.

TEXT

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   1  [... ...] Tʾlb[... ...]
   2  [... ...](wl)d-h ḏ-wldt w-ḏ-tld(n)[... ...]
   3  [... ...]w w-[.](ḥ)rr ʾ(ḥ)rr S¹mʿy[ ... ...]
   4  [... ... ](ʾ)bʾns¹ [... ...]ḫtm[... ...]
   5  [... ... ʿms²]fq (w)-(ḏ) [... ...](ṯ)ṯm [...]hy[... ...]
   6  [... ...] ʾrḍm [.]m(f)[..]m y[... ...]
   7  [... ...] w-ḏ-ʿs²(r)[... ...]n qny b(n) [... ...]
   8  [... ...]ʾ[... ...]
   9  [... ...]
  10  [... ...]

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...] Tʾlb [... ...]
   2  [... ...] her child she gave birth and whom she will give birth to [... ...]
   3  [... ...] and [... ...] the free men of S¹mʿy [... ...]
   4  [... ...] (ʾ)bʾns¹ [... ...][...] cultivated [... ...]
   5  [... ... ʾms²]fq [... ...]
   6  [... ...] a land [... ...]
   7  [... ...] and the tithe [... ...] he possessed [... ...][...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 45, w. 43
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteJabal Riyām
Ancient siteTrʿt
Geographical areaArḥab
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Arbach and Schiettecatte 2012: 50-51, fig. 17Arbach, 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.