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  • Editor(s)
    Irene Rossi
    CSAI Team
  • First published
    2013-10-01
  • Last revised
    2013-10-01
  • DOI
    10.82194/dasi-epi-2999
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M 336 RES 3401


Mordtmann 1893: pl. IV

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodB
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT

marker


   1  W(h)b bn Mwt(r)[ ... ...] ḏ-ʾ[hl ... ... s³]—
   2  lʾ w-s¹qny ʿṯtr (ḏ)-(Qbḍ)( m)bn[y ... ...]—
   3  qm ʿmm ḍfw s¹ḍfw mṣrbn[ ... ...]
   4  ṯny kʿbny ḏy Bs¹l ʾhl S³l[... ...]
   5  (b)-(frʿ frʿ)-(s¹ ywm ḏbḥ k)-(ḏ)-(Qb)[ḍ ... ...]

Apparatus
3ʿmm might be a group name.
5ḏbḥ l-ḏ-Qbḍ (RES). However, the reading on the photograph is not clear and the preposition l- in Minaic would be unusual. A reading k- is more probable, although the patter ḏbḥ k- is attested only once in a very damaged context (M 242).

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Whb son of Mwtr[ ... ...] of the people [... ...] conse-
   2  crated and dedicated to ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ the construction [... ... ]
   3  with the abundance (of offerings) by which he filled the offering altar[ ... ...]
   4  two kʿb, which Bs¹l of the people of S³l[... ...]
   5  with the tribute they had to pay to Him when they made sacrifices for ḏ-Qbḍ[ ... ..]

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositBerlin, Altes Museum (formerly Königlisches Museum), 2685
Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 28, w. 53
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaUnknown
CountryUnknown
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Mordtmann 1893: pl. VIMordtmann, Johannes H. 1893. Himjarische Inschriften und Alterthümer in den königlichen Museen zu Berlin. (Mitteilungen aus den orientalischen Sammlungen, 7). Berlin: W. Spemann.