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CIH 408


Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 212

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters1.5
Chronology
PeriodD
Textual typologyDedicatory text

GENERAL NOTES

First half of the 3rd cent. CE.

TEXT

marker


   1  S¹ʿdlt ʾwk(n) w-(S²rḥm)
   2  w-Rbbm w-Klbm b(n)w
   3  Tzʾd hqnyw s²ym-hmw
   4  ʾlmqh Ṯhwn bʿl R—
   5  ṯwn ḏn ṯwrn w-mʿlṣ-
   6  hw l-ḏt (ḫ)mr-hmw ḥ—
   7  ẓy (mrʾy)-(hm){y}[w] S²ʿr[m]
   8   ʾwtr w-Ḥyw[ʿṯt](r)( )(Yḍ)[ʿ]
   9  mlky S¹bʾ w-[ḏ-Ryd]n [w]-
  10  (b)-ḏt ḫmr (ʿ)b(d)-[hw] (S²r)ḥ—
  11  m h(y)hr w-frʿ b-mʿlṣ—
  12  tn [b]-(m)wṭ(n)-hmw Ġym—
  13  (n)( w)-(ḫmr)-(hm)[w bry] ʾʾḏn-
  14  (hmw w)-(g)yb-hmw b(n) [..]ḍ[.]
  15  [... ...]ʾlmq<h> bʿl R(ṯ)[wn]

Apparatus
12Mordtmann and Mittwoch read distinctly b-mwṭn-hmw.
14-15(bn)-ḍw[n wyn-hmw b]-ʾlmq[h] bʿl Rṯ[wy] (CIH); bn <b>-nḍʿ w-[s²ṣy s²nʾm b]-ʾlmq(h) (Mordtmann and Mittwoch).

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  S¹ʿdlt ʾwkn and S²rḥm,
   2  Rbbm and Klbm, of the family
   3  Tzʾd, dedicated to their patron
   4  ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Master of
   5  Rṯwn, this bull and his crops,
   6  because He granted them
   7  the goodwill of their two lords S²ʿrm
   8  ʾwtr and Ḥywʿṯtr Yḍʿ,
   9  the two kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, and
  10  because he granted His servant S²rḥm
  11  to win success and the firstfruits in the
  12  croplands in their field Ġymn,
  13  and granted them the prosperity of their faculties
  14  and protected them against [... ...]
  15  [... ...] ʾlmqh, Master of Rṯwn.
5"diesen Stier und seinen Treiber (Mordtmann and Mittwoch); "diesen Stier und den, der ihn angreift" (Rhodokanakis).
10-12Rhodokanakis: "weil er (der Gott) beschenkt hat seinen Diener S²rḥm mit Ungestüm und höchster Leistung im Kampf auf ihrem Schlachtfeld Ġymn".

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositBerlin, Staatliche Museen, VA 3489
Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 32, w. 19
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaUnknown
CountryUnknown
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of ʾlmqh Ṯhwn bʿl Rṯwy
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 211-220Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1931. Sabäische Inschriften. Rathjens-v. Wissmannsche Südarabischen-Reise. 1. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter.
Rhodokanakis 1936: 74-76Rhodokanakis, Nikolaus 1936. Zur Interpretation Altsüdarabischer Inschriften I. Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, 43: 21-76.