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Gl 1217 A 240; Gr 194
J. M. Solá Solé
Solá Solé 1964: pl. V/2
Solá Solé 1964: pl. V/2
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 | 3.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 (Kḫb)r w-(Y)frʿ Yr[... w-Fʿ]—
2 rn hqnyw s²ym-hmw[ Tʾlb]
3 Rymm bʿl Trʿt ṣl[mn ḥg-n]
4 wqh-hmw b-ms¹ʾl-hw [ḥmdn b-]
5 ḏt mtʿ ʾ(dm)-hw K(ḫ)[br....]—
6 dn bn nflt (n)fl-hmw[ ....]
7 hw w-l s¹ʿdʿ ʾdm-hw K[ḫbr]
8 w-Fʿrn nʿmtm w-wfym[ w-rḍw]
9 ʾmrʾ-hmw bny Hmdn [w-s²ʿb-]
10 hmw Ḥs²dm w-l wḍʿ ḍr-[h—
11 mw w-s²nʾ-h]mw b-Tʾlb R[ymm]
| 2 | The letters -rn are probably the end of the name Fʿrn, which is attested in l. 8. |
| 7 | The restitution of the name Kḫbr at the end of the line is plausible but not sure, so as it is in ll. 1 and 5, both damaged. |
| 8 | The restitution of w-rḍw at the end of the line is almost certain. |
| 10 | The shape of /ḍ/, open at the bottom like a /b/, is unusual (see also CIH 351, 11), but the reading is undoubtful, as the expression w-l wḍʿ ḍr-hmw is well known. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Kḫbr and Yfrʿ Yr[… and Fʿ]- 2 rn dedicated to their Patron [Tʾlb] 3 Rymm, Lord of Trʿt, this sta[tue as] 4 He commanded in His oracle [and in praise 5 because] He saved his servants Kḫ[br ….] 6 from the accident which had befallen them [... ...] 7 and may He grant their servants K[ḫbr] 8 and Fʿrn with health and safety [and with the favour] 9 of their lords, the family Hmdn, and their 10 [tribe] Ḥs²dm; and may He humiliate their en[e- 11 my and] those who [are hateful]. By Tʾlb R[ymm]. |
| Solá Solé 1964: 18-19 | Solá Solé, Josep M. 1964. Inschriften aus Riyām. Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 4. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 243/4). Vienna: Böhlaus. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Jabal Riyām |
| Ancient site | Trʿt |
| Geographical area | Arḥab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Tʾlb Rymm |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Solá Solé 1964: 18-19, pl. V/2 | Solá Solé, Josep M. 1964. Inschriften aus Riyām. Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 4. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 243/4). Vienna: Böhlaus. |