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Gr 186 Riyām 36; Robin-Riyām 16
Bauer and Lundin 1998: photo 168 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 ʾls²rḥ w-bn-hw b—
2 nw Bqlm hqnyw s² —
3 ym-hmw Tʾlb Rym—
4 m ʿdy Trʿt ṣlmn l-
5 s¹ʿd-hmw nʿmtm w-w—
6 fym w-l ws³f-hmw ḫ—
7 rf w-dṯʾ w-ʾfql ṣ—
8 dqm b-Tʾlb Rymm
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾls²rḥ and his son, of the fa- 2 mily Bqlm, dedicated to their 3 Patron Tʾlb Rymm 4 in Trʿt the statue, may He 5 grant them prosperity and sa- 6 fety and may increase to them au- 7 tumn and spring good 8 crops. By Tʾlb Rymm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 43, w. 18 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Jabal Riyām |
| Ancient site | Trʿt |
| Geographical area | Arḥab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Tʾlb Rymm bʿl Trʾt |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bauer and Lundin 1998: 57, photos 168 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] |