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Gr 183 Riyām 43
Bauer and Lundin 1998: photo 166 a
Bauer and Lundin 1998: photo 166 a
Bauer and Lundin 1998: photo 166 b
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 | 4 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 [Yrm] ʾymn w-Brg Yhrḥb b[ny]
2 ʾws¹lt Rfs²n bn Hmdn ʾbʿ—
3 l bytn Hrn ʾqwl s²ʿbn S¹m[ʿ]—
4 y ṯlṯn ḏ-Ḥs²dm hqnyy s²ym-[hm] —
5 [y] Tʾlb Rymm bʿl Trʿt s¹ṯ —
6 tn ʾṣlmn l-wfy-hmw w-wfy
7 ʾbyt-hmw w-s²ʿb-hmw Ḥs²dm w-
8 ʾrḍ-hmw w-l-s¹ʿd-hmw ʾṯmr w-
9 ʾfql ṣdqm ʿdy ʾs¹rr-hmw w-
10 ʾrḍ-hmw w-l s¹ʿd-hmw ḥẓy w-
11 rḍw mrʾ-hmw Whbʾl Yḥz
12 mlk S¹bʾ w-l-wḍʿ w-ṯbr kl
13 ḍr-hmw w-s²nʾ-hmw w-l-ḫryn-hmw
14 bn nḍʿ w-s²ṣy s²nʾm w-l-wzʾ T—
15 ʾlb bryn ʾʾḏn-hmw w-m—
16 qymt-hmw b-Tʾlb Rymm
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Yrm ʾymn and Brg Yhrḥb, sons of 2 ʾws¹lt Rfs²n, of the family Hmdn, owners 3 of the house Hrn, qayls of the tribe S¹mʿy, 4 the third of Ḥs²dm, dedicated to their Patron 5 Tʾlb Rymm, the Lord of Trʿt, six 6 statues for their safety and the safety 7 of their houses and of their tribe Ḥs²dm and of 8 their land; may He grant them good crops 9 and harvesting in their valleys and 10 their land; may He grant them the favour and 11 the goodwill of their lord Whbʾl Yḥz, 12 the king of Sabaʾ; may He humiliate and put to rout all 13 their enemies and ill-wishers; may He save them 14 from the harm and the malice of enemies; may 15 Tʾlb continue to keep healthy their faculties and 16 their material resources. By Tʾlb Rymm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 80, w. 47, th. 40 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Jabal Riyām |
| Ancient site | Trʿt |
| Geographical area | Arḥab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bauer and Lundin 1998: 52-54, photos 166 a, b | 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] |