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Gl 1325 A 299


J. M. Solá Solé
Solá Solé 1964: pl. X/1

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Measure of letters3
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT

marker


      [... ...]
   1  [... ... ]bn[ ... ...
   2  .]n hqny[ Tʾlb Ry]mm bʿl
   3  Trʿt ḏn ṣlmn ḥmdm b-[ḏ]—
   4  t hʿn w-mtʿn Tʾlb ʾ[d]—
   5  m-hw b(ny) Ġṯrbn bn kl[ m]—
   6  (n)gwt s¹tʿn-hw w-l ḏt [yz—
   7  ʾn] Tʾlb mtʿn ʾdm-[hw]

Apparatus
5The reading bny is not certain; it seems that at first the engraver wrote again ʾdm, and then he rectified it.
The name Ġṯrbn is new. J. Ryckmans 1965: 327 thinks that the name could be a variant of ʿṯrb (Gl. 1381, CIH 343, 16).
5-6mngwt is a plural of mngwm (cf. Ja 645, 18-19; Ja 564, 23).

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [… …]
   2  he dedicated to [Tʾlb Ry]mm, Lord of
   3  Trʿt, this statue in praise because
   4  Tʾlb helped and saved His ser-
   5  vants, the family Ġṯrbn, from all the
   6  events, which he sought His help for; and so that
   7  Tʾlb might continue to save His servants.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteJabal Riyām
Ancient siteTrʿt
Geographical areaArḥab
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of Tʾlb Rymm
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Solá Solé 1964: 34-35, pl. X/1Solá Solé, Josep M. 1964. Inschriften aus Riyām. Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 4. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 243/4). Vienna: Böhlaus.
Ryckmans, Jacques 1965: 327Ryckmans, Jacques 1965. J.-M. Solá-Solé, Sammlung Eduard Glaser IV, Wien, 1964 (Review). Bibliotheca Orientalis, 22: 326-327.