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Jabal Riyām 2006-18


Arbach and Schiettecatte 2017: 181, fig. 1
By kind permission of Jérémie Schiettecatte

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 letters6
Chronology
PeriodD
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT

marker


   1  [ʾl](s²rḥ) (Ys²ʿr) w-ʾlrm ʾs¹rʿ w-bn-h—
   2  (m)w (H)wtrʿṯt bnw Klbm Yhrgf
   3  [bnw] (Ġ)ṯrbn hqnyw s²ym-hmw Tʾ—
   4  [lb R](y)mm bʿl Trʿt ḏn ṣlmn ḥ—
   5  [md](m) b-ḏt ṣdq w-hwfyn Tʾl—
   6  [b] Rymm ʾdm-hw bny Ġṯrbn
   7  [b-ʾ](m)lʾ wkbw b-ʿm-hw k-ys¹ʿdn-hm—
   8  [w ʾwl](d)m hnʾm w-l wzʾ Tʾlb s¹ʿ—
   9  [d ʾd](m)-hw bny Ġṯrbn nʿmtm
  10  [w-w](f)ym w-ʾwldm ʾḏkrm hnʾm
  11  [w-bry] ʾʾḏnm w-mqymtm w-l
  12  [...]m Tʾlb Rym[...]
  13  [... ...]

Apparatus
2Yhrgf is documented for the first time.
3According to the editors, the lineage Ġṯrbn, documented on other two inscriptions (Gl 1325/5 and Ir 11/6), was probably originating from the region on the north of Ṣanʿāʾ.

TRANSLATIONS

French

   1  [Ilī]sha(raḥ) [Ya]shsʿar et Ilīram Asraʿ et son fils
   2  Hawtarʿathat, descendants de Kalbum Yuhargif
   3  [banū Gh]athrabān ont offert à leur patron Taʾ-
   4  [lab Ri]yāmum maître de Turʿat cette statue en
   5  reconnaissance parce qu’a octroyé et comblé Taʾl-
   6  [lab] Riyāmum ses serviteurs banū Ghathrabān
   7  dans les faveurs qu’ils ont obtenus de Lui pour qu’Il leur accorde
   8  [des enfants] bien portants et pour que Taʾlab continue d’accorder
   9  à ses clients banū Ghathrabān prospérité,
  10  bien-être, des enfants mâles bien portants,
  11  [abondance] des capacités et ressources. Puisse
  12  … (Taʾlab Riyām) …
  13  … … ….
Arbach and Schiettecatte 2017: 180Arbach, Mounir and Schiettecatte, Jérémie 2017. Inscriptions sabéennes du Jabal Riyām (Yémen) et nouvel éclairage sur les rois de Sabaʾ au IIe siècle de l’ère chrétienne. Semitica et Classica, 10: 179-193. 2019/10/01; https://doi.org/10.1484/J.SEC.5.114953.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 75.0, w. 43.0
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteJabal Riyām
Ancient siteTrʿt
Geographical areaArḥab
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of Tʾlb Rymm bʿl Trʿt
NotesThis stone inscription was placed on the ground among the plundered ruins of the temple of Taʾlab Riyām.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Arbach and Schiettecatte 2017: 180-181, fig. 1Arbach, Mounir and Schiettecatte, Jérémie 2017. Inscriptions sabéennes du Jabal Riyām (Yémen) et nouvel éclairage sur les rois de Sabaʾ au IIe siècle de l’ère chrétienne. Semitica et Classica, 10: 179-193. 2019/10/01; https://doi.org/10.1484/J.SEC.5.114953.