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RES 3966
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Undefined Sabaic |
| Script | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Text direction | Right-to-left |
| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 [... ...] ḏ-ʿmrt w-ʾlwd-hw hḥd—
2 ṯw w-hqs²b l-S¹ʿds²ms¹m Yhʾmn
3 bn ʾs²yb w-ḏ-ʿmrt mʿmr mwl—
4 gm l-wfy-hmw w-wfy byt ḏ-ʿ—
5 mrt w-ʾbʿl-hw ʾs¹dm w-bnt—
6 m w-l-wfy ʾdm-hmw w-ʾẓrb-h—
7 mw w-ʾqny-hmw w-kl ḏ-qnyw w-
8 bʿl w-l-ḏt ys²nm(n) l-grybt-hmw
9 w-byt ḏ-ʿmrt hnʾt bn-ʾẓrb-h—
10 mw ʿly-hmw w-s¹flt-hmw ʾfql—
11 [m hn](ʾ)m ʿs¹mm
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] of ʿmrt and his children renewed 2 and completed for S¹ʿds²ms¹m Yhʾmn, 3 of ʾs²yb and ʿmrtm, the memorial in alabaster 4 for their safety and the safety of the house of ʿmrt 5 and of its owners, men and women, 6 and for the safety of their vassals and of their 7 proprietary rights and of their properties and of all that they acquired and 8 possessed, and in order that He vouchsafes prosperity to their persons 9 and to the house of ʿmrt, prosperity regarding their proprietary rights, 10 their highlands and their lowlands, healthy 11 fruits in large amount. |
| Rhodokanakis 1931 | 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. |
| Sima 2000: 303, fn. 51 | Sima, Alexander 2000. Tiere, Pflanzen, Steine und Metalle in den altsüdarabischen Inschriften. Eine lexikalische und realienkundliche Untersuchung. (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur. Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission, 46). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Wien, Kunsthistorisches Museum, SE 45 |
| Support type | Unknown |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ṣaḥr Bilād Ḍaḥr |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Yemen |
| Notes | A. Sima (2000) proposes the wādī Ḥaṣī as provenance of the text. |
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