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Gl 1369 A 343
J. M. Solá Solé
Solá Solé 1964: pl. XII/2
Solá Solé 1964: pl. XII/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 | ||
| Chronology |
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TEXT
1 [... ...][... ...]ʿmn (bn)y [... ...]
2 [... ... s²ʿb-h]mw Ḥs²dm k-ḫ(dg) w-(ḥ)ẓmn w-ṣwr k[l ... ...]
3 [... ... ʾdm]-hmw b-wfy-[h]mw (w)-b-gbʾ w-ṯwbn[ ... ...]
4 [... ... w-ṯbr ]w-[ḍ]rʿn kl ḍr-hmw w-s²nʾ-hmw bn[ ... ...]
5 [... ... s¹](tyd)ʿw Tʾlb kl ʾʾrḫ s¹b(ḥ) b-((S¹bḥ bn))[... ...]
6 [... ... ]b-wrḫ S²wrm ḏ-ḫrf Lḥyʿṯt bn Ynʿm[ ... ...]
| 4 | Cf. RES 4190, 16-17 and CIH 2, 17-18. |
| 6 | The name of month S²wrm is new. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [… …]ʿmn, banū [… ...] 2 [… ... th]eir [tribe] Ḥs²dm, as he left behind (?), cut off (?) and separated (?) al[l ... …] 3 [… ...] their [servants] in th[e]ir health and the returning and the coming back [… ...] 4 [… ... and He devastated] and [de]feated all their enemies and their haters [... …] 5 [… ... they implored] Tʾlb to let (them) know all the ways to make a long journey ((S¹bḥ, s[on of])) [... …] 6 [... …] in the month S²wrn of the year of Lḥyʿṯt, son of Ynʿm [... ...] |
| 5 | The restitution [s¹]t[y]dʿw is very likely. The verb may also be accompanied by ʾʾrḫ, as in CIH 409, 7. s¹bḥ may be the infinitive ("make a long journey", cf. Arabic sabaḥa). |
| Solá Solé 1964: 41-43 | 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 | Stone piece |
| 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 |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Solá Solé 1964: 41-43, pl. XII/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. |