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RES 3975 + fragment


Fragments of RES 3975
Eugen Mittwoch and Hans Schlobies
Mittwoch and Schlobies 1936: 280-281, n. 20, photos
photo
Fragments of RES 3975
Eugen Mittwoch and Hans Schlobies
Mittwoch and Schlobies 1936: 280-281, n. 20, photos
photo
Fragment
Giovanni Garbini
Garbini 1973 d: pl. I/a

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Textual typologyConstruction text

TEXT

marker


   1  Rbʾl w-ʾḫy-hw w-bny-hw b[... ...]hn w-bny Ḫs¹ʾm ḏ-ʾ—
   2  lhn w-ʿqrbm bnyw byt-[hmw Yfʿn b-rdʾ] mrʾ-hmw Qynn ʾlh
   3  Ḫs¹ʾm w-b-rdʾ mrʾ-hmw ʿm[... ...]w w-b-rdʾ s²ʿb-hmw
   4  ḏ-S²bmm w-rṯdw byt-hmw Yfʿ[n .... bn] kl mhbʾs¹m w-mhkrm

Apparatus
4mhkrm: as remarked by G. Garbini (1973 d), is to be noted the assimilation of the first radical consonant "n" (mhnkrm).

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Rbʾl and his brothers and his children [... ...] and the family Ḫs¹ʾm, ḏ-ʾlhn
   2  and ʿqrbm, built their house Yfʿn, by the help of their Lord Qynn, God of
   3  Ḫs¹ʾm, and by the help of their lord [... ...], and by the help of their tribe
   4  ḏ-S²bmm. And they committed their house Yfʿ[n ....] against everyone who may damage and harm (it).

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositHamburg, Museum für Völkerkunde, 31.300:1620+1619 (RES 3975)
Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 27, w. 65 (RES 3975); h. 27, w. 40 (Garbini fragment); h. 30, w. 140 (assumed overall measure)
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteShibām al-Ghirās / Shibām Sukhaym
Ancient siteS²bmm
Geographical areaBanī Ḥushaysh
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextUrban context: Private house Yfʿn
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 29-30, n. 9, photoMordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1931. Sabäische Inschriften. Rathjens-v. Wissmannsche Südarabischen-Reise. 1. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter.
Mittwoch and Schlobies 1936: 280, n. 20, photoMittwoch, Eugen and Schlobies, Hans 1936. Altsüdarabische Inschriften im Hamburgischen Museum für Völkerkunde. Orientalia, 5: 1-34; 278-293; 349-357.
Garbini 1973 d: 587-588, pl. I/aGarbini, Giovanni 1973. Frammenti epigrafici sabei-II. Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli, 33/4: 587-593.