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Gl 1321 A 296; RES 3875


Josep M. Solá Solé
Solá Solé 1964: pl. IX/2

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Measure of letters4
Chronology
PeriodC
Textual typologyDedicatory text (conjectural)

TEXT

marker


      [... ...]
   1  [... s²ym-h]mw Tʾlb Rymm b[ʿl Trʿt ... ...]
   2  [...] b-mlʾ s¹tmlʾ b-ʿm-hw w-b-ḏt s¹ʿd-h[mw ... ...]
   3  [... ḍb]ʾw w-ḍtrrn l-mrʾ-hmw Ḏmrʿly Byn m—
   4  [lk S¹bʾ ...]yb kwnw mknt-hmw w-b-ḏt s¹ʿd-hmw |
   5  [... ... ʾm](r)ʾ-hmw ʾm(l)k S¹bʾ l-ḍrr w-ḍbʾ s²ʿbn
   6  [... ... ġn]mm w-s¹bym w-mltm ḏ-ʿs¹m w-l-ḏt |
   7  [... ... ʾdy]mtm w-ʾwldm ʾḏ(k)r(wm) (hnʾ)[m]

TRANSLATIONS

English

      [... ...]
   1  [...] their Patron Tʾlb Rymm, Lord of [Trʿt ... ...],
   2  [...] the favour he had sought from Him and because He granted them [... ...]
   3  [...] they fought and waged war for their lord Ḏmrʿly Byn
   4  [king of Sabaʾ, ...] which were their estate and because He granted them
   5  [... ... ] their lords, the kings of Saba,ʾ to wage war and fight the tribe
   6  [... ...] booty and captives and loot in great numbers and in order that
   7  [... ...] vassals and healthy male children.
4mknt-hmw: Solá-Solé (1964) translates it according to Arabic makānat "ihre Absichten (?)".
Glaser interpreted mknt as "cella" (Glaser 1923, p. 55).
Solá Solé 1964: 33-34Solá Solé, Josep M. 1964. Inschriften aus Riyām. Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 4. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 243/4). Vienna: Böhlaus.
Glaser 1923: 55Glaser, Eduard 1923. Altjemenische Studien, in den Mitteilungen der Vorderasiatischen Gesselschaft. Leipzig.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance. Conjectural
Modern siteJabal Riyām
Ancient siteTrʿt
Geographical areaArḥab
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Solá Solé 1964: 33-34, pl. IX/2Solá Solé, Josep M. 1964. Inschriften aus Riyām. Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 4. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 243/4). Vienna: Böhlaus.