RES 4150
Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1932 b: pl. 11
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 [S²rḥʿ](ṯt)[ ʾ]↯(rym) w-Rṯd(ṯ)[w](n) (bn)[y ... ... hq]—
2 [ny](y) ʿṯt(r)↯( ḏ)-Ḏbn bʿl Bḥr Ḥṭbm( ḏ)[n ṣ]—
3 [lm](n) [ḥ]m(dm)↯ b-ḏt hwfy ʿṯtr ʿbd-hw S²[rḥʿṯt]
4 (b)-k↯l ʾ(mlʾ)↯ s¹tmlʾ w-tḍʿn b-ʿm-h(w) w-l-[ḏt yzʾ]—
5 n ʿṯ↯tr h(w)↯fyn ʿbd-h(w) (S²rḥʿ)ṯt b-k(l) [ʾmlʾ w-]
6 (t)ḍʿ ↯ys¹t↯mlʾn (w)-(tḍ)ʿn (b)-ʿm-(h)w w-(l )s¹ʿ(d)[-hw ʿṯ]—
7 tr rḍw (w)↯-ḥẓy m(rʾ)-hm(w) (ʾ)ls²rḥ Yḥ[ḍb mlk S¹]—
8 (bʾ) w-ḏ-Ry(dn)↯ w-bn-hw Wtrm (w)-(l s¹)[ʿd-hw ... ...]
| 1-2 | According to Multhoff, there might have been a symbol at the beginning of the text. A likely integration of the lineage name is Ḥlḥlm, on the basis of the text Ir 3 by the same authors of RES 4150. |
| 5-6 | While Mordtmann and Mittwoch's reading is w-ʾnḍʿ, Multhoff restores [w]-(tḍʿ) on the basis of the comparison with the strikingly similar text Ir 3 and notes that "in contrast to both the verb (n)tḍʿ "to ask for elevation" and the noun nḍʿ "elevation" derived from the basic stem, this noun is not attested in any other Sabaic inscription". |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 S²rḥʿṯt ʾrym and Rṯdṯwn (of the) clan [....] 2 [dedicated] to ʿṯtr ḏ-Ḏbn, lord of Bḥr Ḥṭbm, this (?) 3 [statue (?)] in gratitude because ʿṯtr bestowed on his servant S²rḥʿṯt 4 in all [fulfilments] he asked and requested from Him, and because ʿṯtr will [continue] 5 to bestow on his servant S²rḥʿṯt in all [fulfilments] and 6 elevations he will ask [and] request from him; and that 7 ʿṯtr may grant [him (?)] the goodwill and favour of their lord ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb, [king of] 8 S¹bʾ and ḏ-Rydn, and (of) his son Wtrm, and that [ʿṯtr] may grant [him (?) ....] |
| Multhoff 2010 a: 234 | Multhoff, Anne 2010. How difficult is it to dedicate a statue? A new approach to some Sabaic inscriptions from Maʾrib. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 40: 233-238. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Berlin, Staatliche Museen, VA 3846+VA 7764+VA 5334 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | VA 3846 (a): h. 33, w. 35; VA 7764 (b): h. 19, w. 21; VA 5334 (c): h. 24, w. 11 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maʾrib |
| Ancient site | Mryb / Mrb |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple ʿṯtr ḏ-Ḏbn bʿl Bḥr Ḥṭbm |
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CULTURAL NOTES
RES 4150 and Ir 3 are inscriptions from different temples, but presenting the same author and virtually the same text.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1932 b: 45-46, pl. 11 | Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1932. Himjarische Inschriften in den Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin. (Mitteilungen der Vorderasiatisch-Aegyptischen Gesellschaft, 37/1). Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. |
| Multhoff 2010 a: 234 | Multhoff, Anne 2010. How difficult is it to dedicate a statue? A new approach to some Sabaic inscriptions from Maʾrib. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 40: 233-238. |