CC BY 4.0
The above license applies to the data in this record, but not to any images displayed. The images are the property
of third parties and are either used with permission or reproduced from publications (see the credits below each image).
Gr 224 Itwa 25
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic |
| Script | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Text direction | Right-to-left |
| Measure of letters | 3.5 |
| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 ʾbkrb ʾḫṭr w-Rb[... ...]
2 w-bn-[hmw ... ... hq] —
3 nyw s²[ym-hmw Tʾlb Rymm bʿl]
4 Trʿt [ḏn ṣlmn l-wfy bn-hw Hm]—
5 tʿṯt[... ...n fʿ... ...w-l-s¹ʿd-hmw ʾ]—
6 wldm ʾḏk[rm w-l-s¹ʿd-hmw ʾ]—
7 fql ṣdq[m ʿdy ʾrḍ-hmw w-ms²y]—
8 mt-h[mw ... ...]
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 35, w. 28 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Itwa |
| Ancient site | ʾtwtm |
| Geographical area | Arḥab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Link to site record |
| Modern site | Jabal Riyām |
| Ancient site | Trʿt |
| Geographical area | Arḥab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Tʾlb Rymm bʿl Trʿt |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bauer and Lundin 1998: 77-78 | 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] |