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RES 4708 (A)
Konrad Weidemann
Konrad Weidemann
Konrad Weidemann
Stupperich and Yule 2014: 345, fig. 6
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text | ||
| Royal inscription | Yes |
TEXT
1 [... ...] (m)lky S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn s²my ḏ-ḫmry mʾdbt-
2 [... ... S²rḥs¹]my(d) w-Mgdm bny Ḏrnḥ l-ms³wd byt-hmw Ṣn[ʿ]
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] the two kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, placed what they granted to their vassals 2 [... ...] S²rḥs¹myd and Mgdm, of the family Ḏrnḥ, in the hall of their palace Ṣnʿ. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, YM 306=Costa 73 |
| Support type | Artefact » Sculpture in the round » Human figure |
| Material | Bronze |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | an-Nakhlat al-Ḥamrāʾ |
| Ancient site | Yklʾ |
| Geographical area | al-Ḥadaʾ |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Urban context: Private house |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Ansaldi 1933: fig. 13 | Ansaldi, Cesare 1933. Il Yemen nella storia e nella leggenda. (Collezione di opere e di monografie a cura del Ministero delle colonie, 17). Rome: Sindacato italiano arti grafiche. |
| Costa 1974: 290 (photograph) | Costa, Paolo M. 1974. Note su alcuni pezzi del Museo Nazionale dello Yemen a Sanʿa. Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli, 34: 283-290. |
| al-Iryānī 1983: 248-273, photos | al-Iryānī, Muṭahhar 1983. Ḏamārʿalī wa-ibnu-hu Ṯaʾrân yaʿûdân il Ṣanʿâ. al-Iklīl, II/2-3: 248-273. 2024/07/28; https://archive.alsharekh.org/Articles/294/20722/471327. |
| Weidemann 1983: 290 (photograph) | Weidemann, Konrad 1983. Könige aus dem Yemen. Zwei Spätantike Bronzestatuen. Mainz: Verlag des Römisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseums. |
| Robin 1987 c: 134-136 | Robin, Christian J. 1987. L'inscription Ir 40 de Bayt Ḍabʿân et la tribu Ḏmry. Appendice: Les inscriptions Gl 1192, Gl 1197 et Gr 27. Pages 113-157 in Christian J. Robin and Muḥammad ʿA. Bāfaqīh (eds). Ṣayhadica. Recherches sur les inscriptions de l'Arabie préislamique offertes par ses collègues au professeur A.F. L. Beeston. (Arabie préislamique, 1). Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner. |
| Avanzini 1996 a: 11-20 | Avanzini, Alessandra 1996. Cultura greco-romana e Arabia: le statue di Dhamarali Yuhabirr e suo figlio Tharan. Pages 11-19 in Enrico Acquaro (ed.). Alle soglie della classicità. Il Mediterraneo tra tradizione e innovazione. Studi in onore di Sabatino Moscati. Pisa: Istituti editoriali e poligrafici internazionali. |
| Stupperich and Yule 2014: 346-347, fig. 6 | Stupperich, Reinhard and Yule, Paul 2014. Himyarite period bronze sculptural groups from the Yemenite highlands. Pages 338-367 in Alexander V. Sedov (ed.). Arabian and Islamic studies. A collection of papers in honour of Mikhail Borishovich Piotrovskij on the occasion of his 70th birthday. Moskow. |