RES 4084
Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1932 b: pl. IX
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Undefined Sabaic |
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Writing technique | Incision |
| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 Ġḍrrb bt Ḥywʾm ʾmh [..]
2 Ḏḫrm hqnyt ʾlh-hw Ns¹r[m]
3 [ṣ]lmtn ḏt ḏhbn ʿdy mkn[t]—
4 [n] b-ḏ-Qrḍn [ḥmdm] b-ḏt hws²[ʿ]
5 b-(s¹)l[mm Ġḍrrb bt] Ḥywʾ[m]
6 [w-ʾ]ḫt-hw [... ...]r tq[dm]
7 [qd]mtm [... ...] l-qbly ḏt
8 [ʾ]l tʾs¹yn-hw (w)-Ns¹rm f-l yhʿn—
9 [n] w-mtʿn Ġḍrrb w-ʾḫt-hw b[n]
10 [bʾs¹]tm w-nkym w-s²ṣy [s²nʾm]
| 2 | ʾlh-hw: according to RES, the masculine suffix pronoun is to be referred to the father of the dedicant. But see N. Nebes (1995 a) and P. Stein (2003 a). |
| 2, 9 | Mordtmann and Mittwoch (1932 b) considerʾḫthw a female proper name on the basis of RES 4017. See also N. Nebes (1995 a). |
| 4-5 | RES: hws²[ʿ](n). An infinitive is here improbable. |
| 7-8 | Beeston 1981 c: 57. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Ġḍrrb, daughter of Ḥywʾm, female vassals of the family 2 Ḏḫrm, dedicated to her God Ns¹rm 3 the statue in bronze into the inner shrine 4 in Qrḍn, in praise because He granted 5 in peace to Ġḍrrb, daughter of Ḥywʾm, 6 and to her sister [... ...] 7 [... ...] because 8 she does not find (?) him. And may Ns¹rm help 9 and save Ġḍrrb and her sister from 10 the harm, mischief and malice of any enemy. |
| 8 | tʾs¹yn-hw: "sa consolation (?)" (RES); "seine Genesung" (Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1932). See Beeston 1981 c: 57. |
| Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1932 b: 42 | 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. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Berlin, Staatliche Museen, VA 3815 |
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 25, w. 23 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1932 b: 42-43, n. 32, pl. IX | 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. |
| Beeston 1981 c: 57 | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1981. Notes on Old South Arabian Lexicography XII. Le Muséon, 94: 55-73. |
| Nebes 1995 a: 29, n. 48 | Nebes, Norbert 1995. Die Konstruktionen mit /fa-/ im Altsüdarabischen. Syntaktische und epigraphische Untersuchungen. (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission, 40). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. |
| Stein 2003 a: 136, fn. 40 | Stein, Peter 2003. Untersuchungen zur Phonologie und Morphologie des Sabäischen. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 3). Rahden: Marie Leidorf GmbH / Westf.: Marie Leidorf GmbH. |