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Gr 218 Itwa 1; Robin-Itwa 7
Bauer and Lundin 1998: photo 191 b
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 4.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 S¹ʿdm Rwyn bn ʿmʾ[mn ḏ-W]—
2 kbm hqny Tʾlb nfs¹-h[w w-]
3 wld-hw w-qny-hw y[wm yh]—
4 ṯb l-hw Yṯʿʾmr [Wtr tʾ]—
5 mnm b-kn hṯb hʾ[... ...] [... ...]—
6 s¹mʿ b-ʿly mṣr (y)[... ...] [b-ḫ]l—
7 f Wnb hgr Qtbn ʿ[d ... ...]
| 3 | It could be integrated: y[wm h]ṯb. |
| 5 | The editor integrates: hʾ[mnn l-...]. |
| 5-6 | Following the editor the proper name could be integrated: ʾb]s¹mʿor Mʿd]s¹mʿ. |
| 6 | The editor integrates: mṣr Y[dʿʾb. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 S¹ʿdm Rwyn, son of ʿmʾ[mn, of the family W]- 2 kbm, dedicated to Tʾlb his person and 3 his son and his property, when Yṯʿʾmr 4 Wtr testified thanks to him 5 when he ordained (?) [... ...]- 6 s¹mʿ on the army of [... ... at the vicinity] 7 of Wnb, the city of Qtbn in [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with framework |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 41, w. 32 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Itwa |
| Ancient site | ʾtwtm |
| Geographical area | Arḥab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Notes | Discovered in the courtyard of the mosque. |
| Link to site record |
| Modern site | Jabal Riyām |
| Ancient site | Trʿt |
| Geographical area | Arḥab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Tʾlb |
| Notes | The site of provenance of this stela is certainly Itwa, while its origin is uncertain between Itwa and Jabal Riyām. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bauer and Lundin 1998: 72-73, photos 191 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] |