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RES 3960
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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 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Legal text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [Ḏm]rʿly (Y)hbr bn Ṯʾrn Y[ʾb mlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn ... ...]
2 [w-]hknn w-hʾmnn w-ẓrbn l-mrʾ-hmw (ʾ)[... ...]
3 ʾs¹dn w-ʾnṯn ʾly ys¹tmynn Nʿmm [... ... ʾ]—
4 ṯtn Nʿmm w-bt-hw Tnwlb ẓrbm w-hmw [... ...]
5 krbn mrʿẓm w-hl((*ḥg*))-mw wqhw ʾmrʾ-hm[w ... ...]
6 wrḫ-hw ḏ-Ns¹wr ḏ-ḫrfn [... ...]
| 1-2 | According to A. Jamme (1962 a), the text starts with the name of the king Ḏmrʿly Yhbr, the author of the inscription, while according to the previous editors the top of the stone was broken, cutting off one line of text. |
| 2 | N. Rhodokanakis (1931) restores after mrʾ-hmw the name of the king; A. Jamme (1962 a) reads part of the letter ʾ after mrʾ-hmw and integrates ʾlmqh. On the basis of the KHM's photograph, Jamme's reading is the most plausible, while a letter ḏ has to be exluded. |
| 5 | w-hl-mw: P. Stein (2003 a) suggests to emend the text as w-ḥg-mw. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Ḏmrʿly Yhbr, son of Ṯʾrn Y[ʾb, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān ... ...] 2 and he granted and entrusted and handed over the property to their lord [... ...] 3 men and women, who are named Nʿmm [... ...] 4 the woman Nʿmm and his daughter Tnwlb as property and they [... ...] 5 be bound by any instruction and according to what their lords have commanded [ ... ...] 6 the month ḏ-Ns¹wr, of the year [... ...] |
| 5 | A. Beeston (1981 b): "be bound by any instruction and whatever their lords command". P. Stein (2003 a) suggests to emend the text as w-ḥg-mw and translate "und (so,) wie (sie befohlen haben, haben sie befohlen)". |
| Rhodokanakis 1931: 22-27 | Rhodokanakis, Nikolaus 1931. Studien zur Lexikographie und Grammatik des Altsüdarabischen. III Heft. (Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Philosophisch-Historische Klasse, 213/3). Vienna: Holder-Pichler-Tempsky / Leipzig: Holder-Pichler-Tempsky. |
| Beeston 1981 b: 27 | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1981. Two epigraphic South Arabian roots: HYʿ and KRB. Pages 21-34 in Roswitha G. Stiegner (ed.). al-Hudhud. Festschrift Maria Höfner zum 80. Geburtstag. Graz: Karl-Franzens-Universität. |
| Stein 2003 a: 152, n. 149 | Stein, Peter 2003. Untersuchungen zur Phonologie und Morphologie des Sabäischen. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 3). Rahden: Marie Leidorf GmbH / Westf.: Marie Leidorf GmbH. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Wien, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Sem 1148 |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 21, w. 43, th. 12.5 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Rhodokanakis 1931: 22-27 | Rhodokanakis, Nikolaus 1931. Studien zur Lexikographie und Grammatik des Altsüdarabischen. III Heft. (Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Philosophisch-Historische Klasse, 213/3). Vienna: Holder-Pichler-Tempsky / Leipzig: Holder-Pichler-Tempsky. |
| RES VII: 15-16 | Ryckmans, 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)] |
| Jamme 1962 a: 380 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1962. Sabaean Inscriptions from Maḥram Bilqîs (Mârib). (Publications of the American Foundation for the Study of Man, 3). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press. |