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Gl 1439 A 395


Schaffer 1972: pl. VII, fig. 13

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters4
Chronology
PeriodC. Conjectural
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT

marker


      [... ...]
   1  [Tʾ]lb Rymm [bʿl r—
   2  ʾs¹] ʿṣmm hwt ṣ(l)[m]—
   3  [n] ḥg-n wqh-hmw b-
   4  [m]s¹ʾl-hw l-wfy (b)—
   5  rw-hmw Nmrn w-(l)-(s¹)—
   6  [ʿ]d-hmw wfym w-n—
   7  [ʿ]mtm w-ʾfqlm
   8  [b]n ʾrḍ-hmw w-[m—
   9  s²ymt-hmw b-Tʾlb Rymm]

TRANSLATIONS

English

      [... ... dedicated to]
   1  Tʾlb Rymm, Lord of
   2   the top of ʿṣmm, that statue
   3  as He ordered them in
   4  His oracle, for the safety of
   5  his son Nmrn and may He grant
   6  them well-being and
   7  prosperity and crops
   8  from their land and [their
   9  fields. By Tʾlb Rymm]

OBJECT INFORMATION

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

Provenance
Modern siteʿUṣām
Ancient siteʿṣmm
Geographical areaArḥab
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple Tʾlb Rymm bʿl rʾs¹ ʿṣmm
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Schaffer 1972: 30-31, pl. VII, fig. 13Schaffer, 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.