CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 172-174 (photo)
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueRelief
Measure of letters8
Chronology
PeriodC
Textual typologyConstruction text - fragmentary

TEXT


   1  Mḥmym w-ʿs²m w-R(b)[ns¹]r(m) w-bn-hmw bnw Wh(b)m bn(w) [... ...]
   2  hwṯrn w-hs²qrn by(t)y-hmw Nʿmn w-Rḥbn m[s³]wdy [... ... w-Hw]—
   3  bs¹ w-ʾlmqh w-b mlʾ (s²)ym-hmw Wdm ḏ-S¹mʿn w-S²ʿb[m ... ...]—
   4  (ʿbl) w-b-(ḏt) Ḥmym w-b-ḏt [Bʿ]dnm w-(b)-(ʾmrʾ)-(hm)w [... ...]

Apparatus
2ʿṯtr w-Hw] (Mordtmann and Mittwoch).
3ʾmlk S¹bʾ] (Mordtmann and Mittwoch).

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Mḥmym, ʿs²m and Rbns¹rm and their sons, sons of Whbm, banū [... ...]
   2  laid the foundations and finished off their two houses Nʿmn and Rḥbn, the two halls [... ...] by
   3  Hwbs¹, ʾlmqh, and by the favour of their patron Wdm ḏ-S¹mʿn and S²ʿbn [... ...]-
   4  ʿbl, and by ḏt Ḥmym, ḏt Bʿdnm and by their lords [... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresw. 135
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteShuʿūb
Ancient siteS²ʿbm
Geographical areaṢanʿāʾ
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of Wdm ḏ-S¹mʿn w-S²ʿbm
NotesFor the ancient site, see Robin 1982 a: i, 49.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 172-174 (photo)Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1931. Sabäische Inschriften. Rathjens-v. Wissmannsche Südarabischen-Reise. 1. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter.