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RES 3992 RW 73
Johannes H. Mordtmann and Eugen Mittwoch
Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 47, n. 26
Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 47, n. 26
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic |
| Script | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Text direction | Right-to-left |
| Text appearance | Recessed |
| Execution technique | Incision |
| Measure of letters | 4 (max); 3 (min) |
| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 [Whbḏs¹my ʾk]yf ḏ-Mlyḥm ʾ—
2 [tw s²y]m-hm[w] Tʾlb Rym bʿl
3 [K]bdm [ṣlm]n ḥmdm b-ḏt ṣdq
4 [w-ḫmrn ʿb]d-hw Whbḏs¹my b-
5 [kl ʾ]m[l]ʾ w-ṣry w-tbs²r s¹tm—
6 [l]ʾ [b]-ʿm-[hw] [w-b-ḏ]t [...] w-kt—
7 d[n] grb-hw Ms¹ʿdm ḏ-Mlyḥ—
8 [m] w-ʾns¹ [k]wn [b]-ʿm-hw [b]n ʾd—
9 [y]mt-hmw ʾdm ḏ-Mlyḥm b-ʿ—
10 [m] mlkn ʾnmrm w-ḥmd Whb—
11 [ḏs¹]my ḫyl w-mqm Tʾlb Rymm
12 [b-ḏ]t mtʿ w-ḫryn ʿbd-hw Wh—
13 [bm] bn hyt ʾrḫn ḏ-tkydw
14 [...]n-hw ʾys¹n Ms¹ʿdm w-
15 [ḏ] b-ʿm-hw [b]n ʾdm-hmw w-
16 [l] yzʾn Tʾlb ṣdq w-(ḫ)—
17 [mrm ʿ]bd-hw Whbm b-kl ʾ—
18 [mlʾ ys¹t]ml[ʾn] b-ʿm-hw w-l-
19 [s¹ʿd-hw rḍ]w w-ḥẓy ʾmr—
20 [ʾ-hmw ʾ]mlkn
| The reading of the text follows Beeston's integrations and interpretations. | |
| 6 | Beeston intetrates: [ʾrḫ] w-ktd[n]. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Wbḏs¹my ʾkyf, of the family Mlyḥm, 2 dedicated to their Patron Tʾlb Rym, Lord of 3 Kbdm, the statue in praise because He granted 4 and gave His servant Whbḏs¹my 5 all the favours, protection and good news 6 he sought of Him, and because Ms¹ʿdm of the family Mlyḥm 7 and the person who was with ihm from among their 8 clients, the clients of the family Mlyḥm, [...] and started 9 a prosecution against his person, 10 in the presence of the king ʾnmrm. And Whbḏs¹my praised 11 the might and the power of Tʾlb Rymm 12 because He saved and delivered His servant Whbm 13 from this judgment that the person Ms¹ʿdm and 14 the latter's associate among their clients 15 started against him. And 16 may Tʾlb continue to grant 17 and to bestow to His servant Whbm with 18 all the favour he sought from Him, and to 19 grant the goodwill and the favour of their 20 lords, the kings. |
| 6-8 | "and because his legal opponent Ms¹ʿdm of the clan Mlyḥm and the person who was associated with him from among their clients, namely the clients of the clan Mlyḥm, were judged and condemned by the king ʾnmrm" (Beeston 1954). |
| 13-15 | "out of this judgment, wherein his [adversary?] the individual Ms¹ʿdm and the latter's associate among their clients were condemned" (Beeston 1954). |
| Beeston 1954: 316 | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1954. Notes of Old South Arabian Lexicography VI. Le Muséon, 67: 311-312. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 90, w. 25 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Shibām al-Ghirās / Shibām Sukhaym |
| Ancient site | S²bmm |
| Geographical area | Banī Ḥushaysh |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Tʾlb Rymm bʿl Kbdm |
| Notes | The inscription was reeployed in a modern house. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 46-52, n. 26, photo and facsimile | Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1931. Sabäische Inschriften. Rathjens-v. Wissmannsche Südarabischen-Reise. 1. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter. |
| Rathjens and Wissmann 1932: 117, fig. 83 | Rathjens, Carl and Wissmann, Hermann von 1932. Vorislamische Altertümer. Rathjens-v. Wissmannsche Südarabischen-Reise. 2. (Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiet der Auslandskunde; Völkerkunde, Kulturgeschichte und Sprachen, 38/B; 19). Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter and Co. |
| Beeston 1954: 313-316 | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1954. Notes of Old South Arabian Lexicography VI. Le Muséon, 67: 311-312. |