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Gr 185 Riyām 34; Robin-Riyām 15


Bauer and Lundin 1998: photo 167 b

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 letters3.5/4
Chronology
PeriodD. Conjectural
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ...ʾ]l Yhnf bn S¹ḫymm ʾqwl s²ʿbn S¹mʿy hqnyw s²ym-[hmw]
   2  [Tʾl]b Rymm bʿl Trʿt ṣlmnhn ḏ-ḏhbn ḥg-n tnbʾw b-kn ḍ[rrw w-ḍbʾn]
   3  ʿdy ʾrḍ Ḥmyrm b-kn ḥyrw hgrn Dln b-s¹bʾ[t s¹bʾw]
   4  ḏ-ḫrf Ṯwb bn S¹mhkrb ḏ-Kṯṯ b-ḏt s¹ʿd-hmw w-s²ʿb-h[mw S¹mʿ]—
   5  y mhrgt w-mqyḥt ṣ[dqm ... ...]

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...]ʾl Yhnf, of the family S¹ḫymm, qayls of the tribe S¹mʿy, dedicated to their Patron
   2  Tʾlb Rymm, the Lord of Trʿt, two statues of bronze, as they had promised, when they waged war and fought
   3  in the land of Ḥmyrm, when they camped near the city of Dln during the campaigns they carried out
   4  in the year of Ṯwb, son of S¹mhkrb, of the family Kṯṯ, because He granted them and their tribe S¹mʿy
   5  great killings and triumphs [... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 26, w. 59
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteJabal Riyām
Ancient siteTrʿt
Geographical areaArḥab
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of Tʾlb Rymm bʿl Trʾt
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bauer and Lundin 1998: 56-57, photos 167 a, bBauer, 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]