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Jabal Riyām 2006-16


By kind permission of J. Schiettecatte

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters5.5
Chronology
PeriodA

GENERAL NOTES

The text could be dated to the 7th century BC.

TEXT

marker


   1  Ġzwm w-ʿlhmw w-ʾbkr[b]
   2  L(b)ʾn

Apparatus
1the integration ʾbkr[b] is proposed by the editors of the text. It could also be read: "Ġzwm and ʿlhmw, the first-borns (ʾbkr) of Lbʾn".
2the lecture of the letter b is uncertain; it is readable also s¹.
Lbʾn was the name of a king of Nashshān.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 50, w. 59
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteJabal Riyām
Ancient siteTrʿt
Geographical areaArḥab
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
NotesThe stone is reemployed in a pavement of a courtyard of a house in the Riyām village.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Arbach and Schiettecatte 2012: 53-54, fig. 19Arbach, 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.