RES 4134 Gl 443
Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1932 b: n. 16, pl. B
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Legal text |
TEXT
[... ...]
1 [... ...] (b)ny Frʿm Ynhb mlk S¹bʾ whb(w)
2 [... ...]my mlkn bny ḏ-ʾnwyn qs¹ṭn ʾs¹bʾn ʾdm
3 [... ...]n Ynʿm w-ʾḥqb w-Yġnm w-ʾlṯwb l-byt-hm[w]
4 [... ...ḫm]r-hmw mrʾy-hmw mlknhn l-wtf hmt ʾs¹dn |
5 [... ...]rm w-lmw ẓ{b}rb-ḏ-ʾnwyn l-ywfynn ẓ[r]bm
| 1 | Mordtmann and Mittwoch (1932 b) restore: [ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb w-ʾḫy-hw Yʾzl Byn mlky S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn]. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...], sons of Frʿm Ynhb, king of Sabaʾ, gave 2 [... ...] of the king, of the family ḏ-ʾnwyn, the class of smallholders (?), the Sabaeans, the vassals 3 [... ...] Ynʿm, ʾḥqb, Yġnm and ʾlṯwb for their house 4 [... ...] grant them, their two lords, the two kings, for the document of those soldiers 5 [... ...] and came to an agreement with the family ʾnwyn in order to fulfill the proprietary rights. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Berlin, Staatliche Museen, VA 3847 |
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 24, w. 47 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maʾrib |
| Ancient site | Mryb / Mrb |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1932 b: 17-19, n. 16, pl. B | 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. |
| Höfner 1938 | Höfner, Maria 1938. Die Inschriften aus Glaser Tagebuch XI (Mārib). Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, 45: 7-37. |