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Jabal Riyām 2006-21


Arbach and Schiettecatte 2017: 185, fig. 4
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 letters3.5
Chronology
PeriodD
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT

marker


      [... ...]
   1  [... w-l]-(y)zʾn Tʾlb [... ...M—
   2  r]ṯ(d)m b-kl ʾmlʾ ys¹t[mlʾn b-ʿm-]
   3  hw w-l gyb-hmw bn n[ḍʿ w-s²ṣy]
   4  [s²]nʾm w-l s¹ʿd-hmw [... ...]
   5  (m) ʿdy ʾ(rḍ)-(hm)w w-ms²ymt[-hmw ... w-l]
   6  s¹ʿd-hmw rḍy ʾmrʾ-hmw b[ny H]—
   7  mdn w-s²ʿb-hmw Ḥs²dm b-Tʾ[lb Rymm]

Apparatus
6-7b[ny H]mdn: the integration is based on the comparison with many inscriptions (CIH 2,CIH 334, CIH 350, etc.).

TRANSLATIONS

French

   1  … et pour que] Taʾlab continue … [Ma-
   2  rthadum toutes les faveurs qu’ils pourront [attendre de Lui …
   3  et pour qu’Il les protège du maléfice [et de la malveillance]
   4  d’un ennemi. Et pour qu’Il leur accorde [… …
   5  dans leur territoire et leurs champs [… … Et pour qu’Il
   6  leur accorde la satisfaction de leurs seigneurs du li[gnage de Ha-
   7  mdān et de leur tribu Ḥāshidum. Par Taʾla[b Riyāmum].
Arbach and Schiettecatte 2017: 184-185, fig. 4Arbach, 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. 41, w. 41
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteJabal Riyām
Ancient siteTrʿt
Geographical areaArḥab
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of Tʾlb Rymm
NotesThis stone inscription was seen inside the courtyard of a private house in the town of Riyām.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Arbach and Schiettecatte 2017: 184-185, fig. 4Arbach, 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.