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RES 4011


Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 105

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

TEXT

marker


      [... ...]
   1  ʾwm ṣlmn ḏ-ḏ[hbn ḥ]—
   2  mdm b-ḏt hwf[y ʾlmqhw]
   3  ʿbd-hw Wdʾb [bn ... ...]—
   4  nm w-nkym ḏ-kd[... ...]
   5  [.]w ms¹bʾ s²d[... ... w-b-ḏt h]—
   6  ʿn w-mtʿn ʾ[lmqhw]
   7  bʿl-ʾwm Wdʾ[b bn ... ...]—
   8  tm w-frq-nfs¹-h[w w-]
   9  rʾ ʾlmqhw m[tʿ w-]
  10  hʿnn ʾdm-hw [bny ... ...]—
  11  lʾl bn nḍʿ w-s²ṣ[y s²]—
  12  nʾm [w]-ġlyt kh[.]—
  13  [... ... b-ʾl]mqh[w bʿl-ʾwm]

Apparatus
12-13RES integrates kh[lm], translated: "Machthaber".

TRANSLATIONS

English

      [... ...]
   1  of ʾwm, the statue in bronze
   2  in praise because ʾlmqhw saved
   3  His servant Wdʾb [... ...]
   4  [... ...] and mischief [... ...]
   5  [... ...] the road of [... ... and because]
   6  ʾlmqhw, Lord of ʾwm, helped and
   7  saved Wdʾb from [... ...]
   8  [... ...] and saved his life and
   9  in fact ʾlmqhw saved and
  10  helped His vassals [descendants of ... ...]
  11  from the maleficence and malice of
  12  any enemy and from wrath of [... ...]
  13  By ʾlmqhw, Lord of ʾwm.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositBerlin, Staatliche Museen, VA 8960
Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 30, w. 10
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin. Conjectural
Modern siteMaḥram Bilqīs
Ancient siteʾwm
Geographical areaMaʾrib
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl ʾwm
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 105-106 (photo)Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1931. Sabäische Inschriften. Rathjens-v. Wissmannsche Südarabischen-Reise. 1. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter.
Höfner 1936: 105-106Höfner, Maria 1936. Zur Interpretation altsüdarabischer Inschriften II. Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, 43: 77-108.