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Gl 1365 A 339; Gr 207
Brigitte Schaffer
Schaffer 1972: pl. IV/8
Schaffer 1972: pl. IV/8
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 3 (ll. 1-8); 2.5 (ll. 9-13) | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [S¹ʿds²ms¹ Yʾ]zm w-ʾḫy-hw Brg Yhr[ḥb
2 w-...]nn bnw Btʿ w-Hmdn ʾqwl s²ʿbn (S¹)[m—
3 ʿy ṯlṯn]hn ḏ-Ḥmln w-Ḥs²dm hqnyw s²ym-hmw
4 [Tʾlb ](R)ymm bʿl Trʿt ʾrbʿtn ʾṣlmn ḥmd(m)
5 [b-ḏt ṣ]dq-hmw Tʾlb Rymm kl ʾmlʾ [s¹tml—
6 ʾn bʿm-h]w w-l-ḏt yzʾn Tʾlb Rymm ṣd[q w-
7 hwfyn ʾd](m)-hw bny Btʿ w-Hmdn b-kl ʾm[lʾ y—
8 s¹tmlʾnn]( )b-ʿm-hw w-ḥmdm b-ḏt hʿn w-[mtʿn
9 Tʾlb Rymm ʿ](b)dy-hw S¹ʿds²ms¹ w-Brg (b)[ny Btʿ
10 w-Hmdn w-s²ʿ]by-hmw Ḥmln w-Ḥs²dm (b)-[kn ... ...
11 ... R]ḥbtn bn hgrn Mryb b[... ...
12 b-wrḫ ḏ]-ʾbhy bn qblt s¹tqb[l ... ...
13 ... ...](yb) b-hyt s¹bʾtn w-l[ ... ...]
| 3 | B. Schaffer integrated s²lṯn]hn. P. Stein 2003 a: 125 (example 227): ṯlṯn]hn. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 S¹ʿds²ms¹m Yʾzm and his brother Brg Yhrḥb 2 and […]nn, of the family Btʿ and Hmdn, ʾqwl of the tribe of S¹m- 3 ʿy, the two thirds of Ḥmln and Ḥs²dm, dedicated to their Patron, 4 Tʾlb Rymm, Lord of Tʿrt, four statues in praise 5 because Tʾlb Rymm bestowed on them all divine favours they ask- 6 ed Him for; and may Tʾlb Rymm continue to bestow on them and 7 grant His servants, the family Btʿ and Hmdn, all divine favours 8 they will ask Him for; and in praise because Tʾlb Rymm helped and saved, 9 His two servants, S¹ʿds²ms¹m and Brg, of the family Btʿ 10 and Hmdn and their two tribes Ḥmln and Ḥs²d, as [… ... 11 … ... Rḥbtn from the town Mrb [… … 12 in the month of ʾbhy, (that) of the insurrection which raised [ … …] 13 [… …] in that military campaign; and may [… …] |
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 bʿl Trʿt |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Schaffer 1972: 24-27, pl. IV/8 | Schaffer, Brigitte 1972. Sabäische Inschriften aus verschiedenen Fundorten. Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 7. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 282/1). Vienna: Böhlaus in Komm. |
| Stein 2003 a: 125 | Stein, Peter 2003. Untersuchungen zur Phonologie und Morphologie des Sabäischen. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 3). Rahden: Marie Leidorf GmbH / Westf.: Marie Leidorf GmbH. |