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RES 4197 bis


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodD
Start date - BCE/CE129 CE
End date - BCE/CE149 CE
Date accuracyApproximate
Textual typologyConstruction text

TEXT

marker


   1  Hw[... ... ]ym ḏ-[... ... brʾw-hwṯr w-hs²]—
   2  [q]r mqld-hw Tʾhrm yhzḥ l-hw w-l ḏ-ʾʿḏr-hw b-m[qm]
   3  [w]-rdʾ ʿṯtr S²rqn w-ʿm w-ʾs²ms¹-hmw w-mnḍḥt-hmw w-mrʾ-h—
   4  mw Ṣbḥm ʾrs³l b-ḫrfn ṯny w-s¹bʿhy w-mʾt ḫry—
   5  ftm

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Hw[... ...]ym he of [... ... built, laid foundations, completed]
   2  the basin Tʾhrm to provide irrigation for him and for his descendants. By the power
   3  and the help of ʿṯtr S²rqn and ʿm and their solar deities and their tutelary deities and their lord
   4  Ṣbḥm ʾrs³l, in the year one hundred seventy-
   5  two.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown (wādī Shirjān)
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areawādī Shirjān
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextAgricultural irrigation context: Basin
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

RES VII: 140Ryckmans, Gonzague 1936-1950. Répertoire d'épigraphie sémitique. Paris: Académie des inscriptions and belles-lettres. [RES VII/1, 1936 (RES 3847-4207); RES VII/2, 1938 (RES 4208-4664); RES VII/3, 1950 (RES 3947-5106)]
Müller, Walter W. 2010: 9Müller, Walter W. 2010. Sabäische Inschriften nach Ären datiert. Bibliographie, Texte und Glossar. (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission, 53). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag.