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Gr 166 Gl 1220; Riyām 1
Bauer and Lundin 1998: photo 154
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 | ||
| Measure of letters | 5.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 Ṣbḥhmw bn Bḥḍm ʿs¹y w-hḥdṯ ḫdr-hmw b-Tʾlb w-b-Rʾs¹hmw w-b-Yhyfʿ qwlnhn [... ...]
2 mrʾ-hw [... ...]
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Ṣbḥhmw, son of Bḥḍm, made and built their grave 2 chamber; by Tʾlb and by Rʾs¹hmw and by Yhyfʿ, the two qayls [... ...] 3 his lord [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Rock |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | w. 165 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Jabal Riyām |
| Ancient site | Trʿt |
| Geographical area | Arḥab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context: Tomb |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bauer and Lundin 1998: 46-47, photo 154 | Bauer, Gleb M. and Lundin (=Loundine), Avraam G. 1998. Pamjatniki Drevnej Istorii i Kultury. Južnaja Aravija. Part 2: Epigraficheskie pamjiatniki drevnego Jemena. 2. St.-Petersburg: Zentr "Peterburgskoe vostokovedenie". [Akademia nauk, Institut Vostokovedenija, Sankt-Peterburgskiy filial] |