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Gl 1437 A 393 a, b
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 | 3.9-4.3 |
| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
[... ...]
1 [... ...] f[.]m[.]
2 w-l s¹ʿd-hmw [...] w-ʾfql ṣd(q)[m]
3 ʿdy ʾrḍ-hmw b-Tʾlb R(y)m(m)
| 1 | At the end of the line, Glaser read fʿm. Tschinkowitz finds it possible. |
| 2 | In the lacuna before w-ʾfql, one expects ʾṯmr, but the place between the two separators seems too narrow. It may suit to the singular ṯmr. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] 2 and may He grant them […] and good crops 3 in their land. By Tʾlb Rymm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Unknown |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-Ghalīl |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Nihm |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Tschinkowitz 1969: 16 | Tschinkowitz, Helga 1969. Kleine Fragmente. Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 6. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 261/4). Vienna: Böhlau in Kommission. |