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Gl 1438 A 394


Schaffer 1972: pl. VI, fig. 12

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 letters3.5-4
Chronology
PeriodC. Conjectural
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT

marker


   1   [ʾ]ws¹n w-bn-hw ʾws¹krb [w]-
   2  Rbm w-bn-hmw Rḍwn bnw
   3  S²wbn ʾdm bny S¹ḫymm hqn[y]—
   4  w s²ym-hmw Tʾlb Rymm bʿl Ḥb—
   5  n ṣlmn ʿs²r yʿs²rnn-hw bn ʾṯ—
   6  mr ʾrḍ-hmw ḏ-[....] b-Tʾlb Rymm

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [ʾ]ws¹n and his son ʾws¹krb and
   2  Rbm and their son Rḍwn, of the family
   3  S²wbn, vassals of the family S¹ḫymm, dedicated
   4  to their Patron Tʾlb Rymm, Lord of Ḥbn,
   5  the statue as the tithe they offer Him from the crops
   6  of their land [... ...]. By Tʾlb Rymm.

OBJECT INFORMATION

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

Provenance
Modern siteal-Ghalīl (of wādī Shirā‘)
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaNihm
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Schaffer 1972: 28-30, pl. VI, fig. 12Schaffer, 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.