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RES 5094
Winnett 1941: 22-25
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Late Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Raised | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
TEXT
1 S¹mʿm w-ḥs²kt-hw w-ʾlwd-hm(y)
2 Hy(s¹)ʿm grbw mqbrtm b-Ḏʾnmn((ḏ-ʾnmn))
3 b-ḫ(y)l Rḥmnn w-b-ḫyl-hmw bly
4 mrd(ʾ)m b[k]lm ʾw-nkrm bn mtyfʿ—
5 m w-(h)mw [ḏ]k(r) S¹mʿ f-s¹fh Ḥys¹ʿ b-mqbrt
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 S¹mʿm and his wife and their children 2 Hys¹ʿm have walled up a burialground in Ḏʾnmn 3 by the power of Rḥmnn and by their own power. Let there be no 4 damaging by anyone nor harm on the part of any adult, 5 such as speaking evil of S¹mʿ or reviling Ḥys¹ʿ in the cemetery. |
| 4 | "without the local or foreign help of the requested one" |
| 5 | "and so he must remember S¹mʿ and so he must not forget Ḥys¹ʿ in the cemetery". |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Princeton, Epigraphical Museum, inv. n. 37 |
| Support type | Architectural structure » Tomb |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 18.5, w. 49, th. 9 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context: Tomb |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Winnett 1941: 22-25 | Winnett, Fred V. 1941. A monotheistic Himyarite inscription. Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, 83: 22-25. |