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Gl 1358 A 332


J. M. Solá Solé
Solá Solé 1964: pl. X/2

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Measure of letters3.5
Chronology
PeriodD. Conjectural
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT

marker


      [... ...]
   1  [... ... ḥ]mdm b-ḏt hwfy w-mtʿ[n ʿbd]-hw bn ʾḍrr k—
   2  [wnw ... mqy]ḥt ṣdqm w-l-ḏt mtʿ ʿbd-hw Hʿn b-ḫlf
   3  [.... ʾm]rʾ-hmw bny Hmdn w-s²ʿb-hmw Ḥs²dm b-Tʾlb Ry—
   4  [mm]

Apparatus
2For the suggested restitution [mqy]ḥt ṣdqm, see CIH 137, 1 and Ja 559, 8.
2-3Following Solá Solé b-ḫlf means "at the gate" and at the beginnig of l. 3 the text could be integrated with hgr-hmw.

TRANSLATIONS

English

      
   1  [… ... in pr]aise because He protected and saved His [servant] from the wars that we-
   2  re […] (with) plentiful [adv]antage, and because He preserved His servant Hʿn at the gate of
   3  […] his [lor]ds, the family Hmdn, and their tribe Ḥs²dm. By Tʾlb Ry-
   4  [mm].

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
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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: 35-36, pl. X/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.