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By kind permission of Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale, Rome
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By kind permission of Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale, Rome
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Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 38, fig. 24

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 lettersabout 6
Chronology
PeriodD
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT

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      [... ...]
   1  [... ... ]Ygʿr bn (S¹)ḫ<y>mm ʾ[q]—
   2  [w](l s²)ʿbn S¹mʿy s²lṯ ḏ-Hg(r)—
   3  m hqnyw s²ym-hmw Tʾl—
   4  b Rymm bʿl Kbdm ḫms¹t—
   5  n ʾṣlmn l-wfy mrʾ-hmw ʾ—
   6  ls²rḥ Yḥḍb mlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ
   7  Rydn w-bny-hw Wtrm w-l wf—
   8  y-hmw w-wfy bytn Rymn w-
   9  (ʾ)bʿl-hw w-ql-hmw w-l s¹ʿ(d)-
  10  [hmw ḏ](t n)[ʿ](mt w)-(tn)[ʿ](m)[n]

TRANSLATIONS

English

      [... ...]
   1  [... ...] Ygʿr of the family S¹ḫymm, ʾqwl
   2  of the tribe S¹mʿy, the third of Hgrm,
   3  dedicated to their Patron Tʾlb
   4  Rymm Master of Kbdm five
   5  statues for the safety of their lord
   6  ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-
   7  Raydān and his son Wtrm and for their
   8  safety and for the safety of their house Rymn
   9  and of its lords and of their ql and may He grant
  10  them what was and will be favourable.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositRoma, Museo Nazionale d’Arte Orientale “Giuseppe Tucci”, inv. 13008/16029
Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 72, w. 38, th. 5.7-8.1
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin. Conjectural
Modern siteShibām al-Ghirās / Shibām Sukhaym
Ancient siteS²bmm
Geographical areaBanī Ḥushaysh
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of Tʾlb Rymm bʿl Kbdm
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 38, fig. 24Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1931. Sabäische Inschriften. Rathjens-v. Wissmannsche Südarabischen-Reise. 1. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter.
Ansaldi 1933: fig. 84Ansaldi, Cesare 1933. Il Yemen nella storia e nella leggenda. (Collezione di opere e di monografie a cura del Ministero delle colonie, 17). Rome: Sindacato italiano arti grafiche.
Jamme 1956 a: 22-23, pl. I/413Jamme, Albert W.F. 1956. Les antiquités sud-arabes du Museo Nazionale Romano. Monumenti antichi, 43: 1-120.
D'Amore, Jung and Messineo 2010: 72, fig. 36D'Amore, Paola, Jung, Michael and Messineo, Gaetano 2010. Yemen. Il paese della regina di Saba (VIII sec. a.C.-VII sec. d.C.). Pages 57-72 in Paola D'Amore and Michael Jung (eds). Vicino e Medio Oriente antico. (Collana Guide Brevi del Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale "Giuseppe Tucci"). Roma: Artemide.
Mazzini 2012: 234, cat. 47Mazzini, Giovanni 2012. Catalogo. Iscrizioni. Pages 232-237 in Sabina Antonini, Paola D'Amore and Michael Jung (eds). Il trono della regina di Saba. Cultura e diplomazia fra Italia e Yemen. La Collezione Sudarabica del Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale. Rome: Artemide.