Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 2.3 (RES 3902 n° 148), 2 (RES 3902 n° 149) | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
The fragments RES 3902 n° 148 + RES 3902bis n° 149, which were treated separately by the previous editors, were joined by Pirenne. J. Ryckmans in turn considered RES 3902bis n° 149 as belonging to RES 4215. |
Pirenne integrates: | |
1 | [... ... ʾḫ ḏ-ṣry-hw ... ... w-bny-hw ḏ-ṣry-hw ... ...] |
2 | [... ... ḏ-ṣry-hw ... ... w-... ... ḏ-ṣry-hw ... ... bny ḏ-]S¹ḥr |
3 | [krd w-rs²w ʾlmqh b-ʾwm hqnyw ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm ... ... ʾṣl] |
4 | [n w-... ... ʾṣlmn ḏ-ḏhbn ḥmdm b-ḏt ... ...]m lym |
9 | [mrʾy-hmw b-kl s¹bʾt w-tqdmt yqhnn mrʾy-h]mw |
10-11 | ʾwldm ʾ]—[ḏkrm hnʾm w-ḥẓy w-rḍw] |
12 | [ʿdy] kl[ ʾrḍ-hmw w-ʾs¹rr-hmw w-mqyẓ-hmw w-l] |
13 | [hʿnn-hmw ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm b]n [nḍʿ w-s²ṣy s²nʾm ḏ-rḥq w-qrb b-ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾwm] |
Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 2322 A=AM 60.750 A+NAM 2651=AM 60.750 |
Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 10, w. 9, th. 7.4 (RES 3902 n° 148); h. 14, w. 23, th. 9.5 (RES 3902 n° 149); h. 10, w. 12 (RES 4215) |
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Modern site | Maḥram Bilqīs |
Ancient site | ʾwm |
Geographical area | Maʾrib |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl ʾwm |
Link to site record |
Modern site | Shibām |
Ancient site | S²bm |
Geographical area | Central Ḥaḍramawt |
Country | Yemen |
Notes | Found in a cave at Shibām. |
Link to site record |
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Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1932 b: 123 | 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. |
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Ryckmans, Gonzague 1962 b: 445, 450 | Ryckmans, Gonzague 1962. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Vingtième série. Le Muséon, 75: 441-453. |
Pirenne 1966: 84-90 | Pirenne, Jacqueline 1966. Contribution à l'épigraphie sud-arabiques. Semitica, 16: 73-99. |
Ryckmans, Jacques 1972 c: 282 | Ryckmans, Jacques 1972. Etudes d'épigraphie sud-arabe en russe, 7. Bibliotheca Orientalis, 29: 281-283. |