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Jabal Riyām 2006-23
Arbach and Schiettecatte 2017: 187, fig. 6
By kind permission of Jérémie Schiettecatte
By kind permission of Jérémie Schiettecatte
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 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [... ...]ʿb w-br-hw [... ...]
2 [... ... Rym]m bʿl Trʿt ḏn ṣlmnh(n)[ ... ...]
3 [... ... w](f)ym w-ʾṯmrm w-ʾfqlm bn m[... ...]
4 [... ...n]kr s²nʾm w-l-s¹ʿd-hmw ḏ[... ...]
5 [... ...]ṯbr ḍr-hmw w-s²nʾ-hmw w-l[... ...]
6 [... ... ]Ḥs²dm w-l s¹ʿd-hmw bry ʾ[ʾḏnm ... ...]
TRANSLATIONS
| French | |
1 … et son fils … 2 Riyā]mum seigneur de Turʿat deux statues … 3 … succès et des bonnes récoltes … 4 … l’affliction d’un ennemi et pour qu’Il leur accorde … 5 … écraser leur ennemi et leur adversaire et pour … 6 … Ḥāshidum et pour qu’Il leur accorde la prospérité [de leurs facultés … |
| Arbach and Schiettecatte 2017: 87 | Arbach, 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 type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| 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 |
| Notes | This stone inscription was seen inside a courtyard of a private house in the village of Riyām. |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
The authors of this dedication were members of the Ḥāshid tribe, which was part of the Samʿī tribal confederation, from the 7th century BC.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Arbach and Schiettecatte 2017: 187, fig. 6 | Arbach, 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. |