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RES 4187
By kind permission of Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic |
| Script | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Text direction | Right-to-left |
| Measure of letters | 4.7 |
| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 [Brg] (Y)hrḥb w-ʾ(ḫy)-(h)[w... ...bnw Hm]—
2 [d]n ʾbʿl bytn Hrn ʾqyl s²ʿbn S¹mʿy
3 ṯlṯn ḏ-Ḥs²dm hqnyw s²ym-hmw Tʾlb
4 Rymm bʿl Trʿt ḏn ṣlmn ḥg-n wqh-[h]—
5 mw b-ms¹ʾl-hw l-s¹ʿd-hmw nʿmtm w-wfy
6 w-mngt ṣdqm w-l s¹ʿd-hmw w[f](y) s²ʿb-[h]—
7 mw [... ...]
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Brg Yhrḥb and his brother [... ...] of the family 2 Hmdn, lords of the house Hrn, ʾqyl of the tribe S¹mʿy, 3 the third-part of Ḥs²dm, dedicated to their Patron, Tʾlb 4 Rymm, Lord of Trʿt, this statue, as He had ordered them 5 in His oracle, in order that He should grant them prosperity, safety 6 and good luck and in order that He should grant them the safety of their 7 tribe [... ...]. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Wien, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Sem 662 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Dimensions | h. 36, w. 47 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Jabal Riyām |
| Ancient site | Trʿt |
| Geographical area | Arḥab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Tʾlb Rymm bʿl Trʿt |
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