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RES 3974 RW 78


Johannes H. Mordtmann and Eugen Mittwoch
Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 28, n. 8

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRaised
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodC. Conjectural
Textual typologyConstruction text - fragmentary

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ...]-hm[w] bnw Ḫs¹ʾm ḏ-ʾlh[n w-ʿ]qrbm ʾdm [b]ny [S¹ḫymm ... ...]
   2  [... ... w-hs²]qrn mqbrt-hmw M[nk] b-r[dʾ w-mq]m ʾlh-hm[w ... ...]
   3  [... ... s²y]m-hmw Tʾlb Rymm w-[b]-m[qm mrʾ-hmw] ʾl[... ...]
   4  [... ... mqbrt-h]m[w] [M]nk ʿṯtr [S²rq]n w-[ʾlh Ḫs¹ʾm ... ...]

Apparatus
2, 4According to the SD mqbrt is the plural of mqbr.
2, 3ʾlh Ḫs¹ʾm is a possible integration.
4rṯdw mqbr-h]mw is a likely integration.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...] their [... ...], banū Ḫs¹ʾm ḏ-ʾlhn and ʿqrbm, vassals of the banū S¹ḫymm [... ...]
   2  [...] and completed their tomb(s?) Mnk, by the help and the power of their god [... ...]
   3  [...] their Patron Tʾlb Rymm, and by the power of their lord ʾl[... ...]
   4  [... ...] their tomb(s?) Mnk to ʿṯtr S²rqn and the god of Ḫs¹ʿm [... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteShibām al-Ghirās / Shibām Sukhaym
Ancient siteS²bmm
Geographical areaBanī Ḥushaysh
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
Archaeological contextFunerary context: Tomb Mnk
NotesThe inscription was reeployed on an house door.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 28-29, n. 8, facsimileMordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1931. Sabäische Inschriften. Rathjens-v. Wissmannsche Südarabischen-Reise. 1. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter.
Stein 2003 a: 59, fn. 93Stein, Peter 2003. Untersuchungen zur Phonologie und Morphologie des Sabäischen. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 3). Rahden: Marie Leidorf GmbH / Westf.: Marie Leidorf GmbH.