RES 4636 RES 3399; Gl 425
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic |
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 Rṯd [... ... w-ʾḫy]-hw
2 Whbʾwm w-bny-hw S¹—
3 ʿdʾwm w-ʾbkrb w-Whbʾl bnw ḏ-
4 Mḥfdn ʾrymn ʾdm mlkn qfw m—
5 rʾ-hmw bʿl Ḥrnm ḥg-n s²ft-hw l—
6 n bqlw tbqlt ʾrḍ-hmw ḏ-Mḥfd—
7 n w-rʾ s¹twfyw tbqltn w-l-s¹ʿd-h—
8 mw ʾṯmrm w-ʾfqlm nʾdm hnʾ—
9 |m b-ʾlmqh bʿl Ḥrnm |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Rṯd [... ...] and his brother 2 Whbʾwm and his sons 3 S¹ʿdʾwm, ʾbkrb and Whbʾl, of the family 4 ḏ-Mḥfdn, from Rym, vassals of the king, set up a stela (for) 5 their lord master of Ḥrnm, as they promised Him 6 when they layed out plantations [in] their land of Mḥfdn - 7 and, in fact, the plantations were protected - and so that He should grant 8 them copious and healthy harvests and crops; 9 by ʾlmqh master of Ḥrnm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Unknown |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maʾrib |
| Ancient site | Mryb / Mrb |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Grohmann 1914: 6, fig. 1 | Grohmann, Adolf 1914. Göttersymbole und Symboltiere auf Südarabischen Denkmälern. (Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 58/1). Vienna: In Kommission bei Alfred Hölder. |
| Höfner and Rhodokanakis 1936: 220-221 | Höfner, Maria and Rhodokanakis, Nikolaus 1936. Zur Interpretation altsüdarabischer Inschriften III. Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, 43: 211-234. |