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RES 4009


Johannes H. Mordtmann and Eugen Mittwoch
Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 102, n. 77

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Chronology
PeriodB

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ...] Tʾlb [... ...]
   2  [... ...]wlmn ḏ-Mʾḏnm w[... ...]
   3  [... ...]b ʾws¹n l-s¹ṭr ḥn [... ...]
   4  [... ...] w-Tʾlb yṣry-hw w-s²[... ...]
   5  [... ...]mrm l-ʾtw s²ʿbm ns¹r S¹bʾ[ ... ...]
   6  [... ...]lm (w)-yṣdqn bn nfs¹ b[... ...]
   7  [... ...]m (w)-kwnt flytn b[... ...]
   8  [... ...]dʿlt Hwfʿṯt
   9  [... ...] Ḥwln [... ...]

Apparatus
2Mordtmann and Mittwoch (1931) restore: [S²]wlmn.
5Mordtmann and Mittwoch (1931) restore: [mhʾ]mrm.
8Hwfʿṯt: according Mordtmann and Mittwoch (1931), it is an eponym name.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...] Tʾlb [... ...]
   2  [... ...] ḏ-Mʾḏnm [... ...]
   3  [... ...] ʾws¹n to write according to [... ...]
   4  [... ...] and Tʾlb will protect him and [... ...]
   5  [... ...] may the tribe come back toward Sabaʾ [... ...]
   6  [... ...] and will bestow from [... ...]
   7  [... ...] the ordinance took place [... ...]
   8  [... ...] Hwfʿṯt
   9  [... ...] Ḥwln [... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteḤāz
Ancient siteḤzym
Geographical areaHamdān
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed
NotesThe stone inscription is reemployed in a modern house.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 102-103, n. 77Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1931. Sabäische Inschriften. Rathjens-v. Wissmannsche Südarabischen-Reise. 1. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter.