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Gr 229 Itwa 16


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Measure of letters2
Chronology
PeriodD
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT

marker


      [... ...]
   1  [... ...]b w-bytn w-bny-h—
   2  my Rbbm bnw Brym hq[n]—
   3  yw bʿl-byt-hmw S²hrn [l-]
   4  s¹ʿd-hmw ḥẓy w-rḍw mrʾ[y-]
   5  hmw ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb w-Yʾ[zl]
   6  Byn mlky S¹bʾ w-l-ḫm[r-hm]—
   7  w wfy grbt-hmw [... ...]

Apparatus
3S²hrn could be an epithet of the god.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...] and the house and their son
   2  Rbbn, of the family Brym, dedicated to
   3  the Lord of their house S²hrn; may He
   4  grant them the goodwill and the favour of their two lords
   5  ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and Yʾzl
   6  Byn, the two kings of Sabaʾ, and may He grant
   7  them the safety of their bodies [... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 23, w. 21
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteItwa
Ancient siteʾtwtm
Geographical areaArḥab
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
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Origin. Conjectural
Modern siteJabal Riyām
Ancient siteTrʿt
Geographical areaArḥab
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple S²hrn
NotesThe site of provenance of this stela is certainly Itwa, while its origin is uncertain between Itwa and Jabal Riyām.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bauer and Lundin 1998: 80-81Bauer, 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]