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RES 3971 RW 69+70


Johannes H. Mordtmann and Eugen Mittwoch
Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 24, n. 5

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRaised
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters7
Chronology
PeriodD. Conjectural
Textual typologyConstruction text - fragmentary (conjectural)

TEXT

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   1  Rbḥn [.]h[.]n w-ʾḫ[y-hw ... ʾ]dm bny S¹ḫymm [... ...]—
   2  rb b-ʿṯtr w-b-Hbs¹[ ... ... ḏt B]ʿdnm w-b-s²ym-h[mw ... ... w-b s²]m—
   3  s¹-hmw w-mḍḥ-hmw [... ... ʾm]rʾ-hmw Ys².ʾ[.. ... ... S¹]—
   4  ḫymm [w]-b-r(d)ʾ [s²]ʿ[b-hmw ... ...] ʿṯtr [... ...]

Apparatus
1According Mordtmann and Mittwoch (1931), based on the photograph of Hermann Burchardt, it is possible to read Ṯʾrn after ʾḫ[y-hw].
2[w-b ʾlmqh w-b ḏt Ḥmym w-b] ḏt Bʿdnm w-b-s²ym-h[mw Tʾlb Rymm w-b S²m]s¹-hmw (the editors).
3[... ... w-b mqm w-rdʾ ʾm]rʾ-hmw Ys²rḥʾ[l ʾs¹rʿ w-... ... bny S¹]ḫymm (the editors).
4[... ... w-rṯdw ... ...] ʿṯtr [S²rqn ... ...] (the editors).

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance. Conjectural
Modern siteShibām al-Ghirās / Shibām Sukhaym
Ancient siteS²bmm
Geographical areaBanī Ḥushaysh
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
NotesThe inscription was reemployed in the southern enclosure wall of the southern mosque.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 24-25, n. 5, facsimileMordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1931. Sabäische Inschriften. Rathjens-v. Wissmannsche Südarabischen-Reise. 1. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter.