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RES 4691 Ry 162
Ryckmans, Gonzague 1937: 246, (facsimile)
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [ʿḏḏm] bn ʾbʾns¹ w-Rbʾ[l] bn ʿḏm Tḏmryhn bn ḥwr M—
2 [... ... s¹qnyw S¹]yn ḏ-ʾlm b-mḥrm-s¹ ʾlm
3 b-hgr[h]n [S²bwt] s¹b[ʿt ʾ]ṣlm ḏhbn ʾṣlm s²—
4 [ft ... ...] mrʾ-s¹myn ʾlʿḏ Ylṭ mlk
5 Ḥḍrmt b[... ]ʿbd-s¹ww ʿḏḏm w-Rbʾl [... ...]—
6 rḥ-s¹myn w-qṣʾ-s¹m b-rʾ-s¹m((brʾ-s¹m)) w-ṣr—
7 [... ... ...]bḥt
| The reading is based on Beeston's corrections. | |
| 1 | ʿḏmlt Ḏmryhn (Ryckmans, Pirenne). |
| 3 | ḏ-hgrh[n ..]n [...]ḏ (Ryckmans, Pirenne). |
| 4 | [ʾmy ... ...]qyḍm ʾṣbyn (Ryckmans, Pirenne). |
| 5 | b-[ʾdw] (Beeston); ll.5-6: ʾḥmr-hmy s¹ṭr w-s¹myn (RES, Pirenne). |
| 6-7 | The editors integrate w-ṣr[y-s¹m; l.7: [... ... ṣ]bḥt (Beeston). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʿḏḏm son of ʾbʾns¹ and Rbʾl son of ʿḏm the two from Tḏmr, inhabitant(s) of 2 M[... ...] dedicated to S¹yn ḏ-ʾlm in his sanctuary of ʾlm 3 in the city of Shabwa seven statues in bronze, which they promised 4 [... ...] their lord ʾlʿḏ Ylṭ king of 5 Ḥaḍramawt with [...] of his two servants ʿḏḏm and Rbʾl 6 their [... ...], and they offered them with their ? and ? 7 [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Shabwa |
| Ancient site | S²bwt |
| Geographical area | Shabwa |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Ryckmans, Gonzague 1937: 245-247 (facsimile) | Ryckmans, Gonzague 1937. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Quatrième série. Le Muséon, 50: 239-268. |
| Beeston 1950 b: 262-266 (facsimile) | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1950. Notes on Old South Arabian Lexicography II. Le Muséon, 63: 261-268. |
| Pirenne 1990: 77-78 | Pirenne, Jacqueline 1990. Les témoins écrit de la région de Shabwa et l'histoire. Jean-François Breton (ed.), Fouilles de Shabwa. 1. (Bibliothèque archéologique et historique, 134). Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner. [Institut français d'Archéologie du Proche-Orient] |