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Gr 206 Riyām 22


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT

marker


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   1  [w-l s¹ʿd-hmw ʾṯ]mrm w-ʾfqlm hn —
   2  [ʾm w-l s¹]ʿd-hmw rḍy ʾmrʾ-hmw
   3  [bn]y Hmdn w-s²ʿb-hmw Ḥs²d—
   4  [m w-l ]wḍʿ w-ṯbr ḍr-(h)mw w-s² —
   5  [nʾ]-hmw b-Tʾlb Rymm

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [may He grant them] healthy crops and harvestings
   2  [and may He] grant them the goodwill of their lords
   3  the family Hmdn and their tribe Ḥs²dm;
   4  may He destroy and humiliate their enemies and their
   5  ill-wishers. By Tʾlb Rymm.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 20, w. 25
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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.
NotesReemployed in a Mosque.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bauer and Lundin 1998: 67Bauer, 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]