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RES 3902 n° 148 + RES 3902bis n° 149 + RES 4215 Ry 680; Wissmann 36
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution 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 |
GENERAL NOTES
| 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. |
TEXT
1 [... ...] w-Krbʿṯt
2 [... ... bny ḏ-]S¹ḥr w-S³—
3 [... ...ṣl]mn ḏ-ṣrf—
4 [n ... ...]m l-ym—
5 [... ...]
6 [... ...]t w-ġnm (ʾl)[... ...]
7 [... ...]ʾtn w-l-ḏ(t y)zʾn ʾlmqh ḫmr ʿb(d)[-hw]
8 [... ...] (w)-mhrgm w-ġn(m)m b-ʾhn-mw yzʾnn [... ...]
9 [... ...-h]mw l-s¹bʾ w-ḥm[d]m b-ḏ-ḫmr ʾlm(q)[h ʿbd-hw ... ...]
10 [... ...]ḫ bn mrḍ mrḍ[ r]gly-hw w-l-ḫmr (ʾ)lmqh ʿbd-(h)[w ... ... ]
11 [... ...] mrʾy-hmw ʾls²rḥ± Yḥḍb w-ʾ(ḫy)-(h)[w Yʾ](zl) (B)[yn mlky S¹bʾ w-ḏ-]
12 [Rydn w-l-s¹ʿd-hmw ʾlmqh n]ʾd qyẓ w-ṣrb [ʿdy] kl [... ...]
13 [... ... b]n [... ...]
| 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] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| 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 |
| Dimensions | 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) |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| 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 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jaussen 1926: 576 | Jaussen, Antonin J. 1926. Mélanges: Inscriptions himyarites. Revue Biblique, 35: 548-582. |
| Ryckmans, Gonzague 1927: 388 | Ryckmans, Gonzague 1927. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Première série. Le Muséon, 40: 161-200. |
| 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. |
| Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1933: 57, n° 16 | Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1933. Altsüdarabische Inschriften. Orientalia, 2: 50-60. |
| 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. |