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    Costanza Odierna
    Alessandra Avanzini
  • First published
    2015-02-03
  • Last revised
    2019-12-05
  • DOI
    10.82194/dasi-epi-7993
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RES 4013 MM 87


Johannes H. Mordtmann and Eugen Mittwoch
Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 117, n. 87
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Johannes H. Mordtmann and Eugen Mittwoch
Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 117, n. 87
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Rijziger 2018: 163, fig. 61

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters6
Chronology
PeriodD. Conjectural
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT

marker


   1  [.s²... ... b]—
   2  yt-hmw w-s²ʿb-hmw w-l-s¹ʿd-hmw Tʾ(lb) (Rym)[m ʾwldm ʾḏk]—
   3  rm hnʾm w-nʾd dṯʾ w-qyẓ w-ṣrb w-ʾṯmr w-(ʾ)[fql ṣdqm]
   4  [ʿ]dy kl ʾ[r]ḍ-hmw w-ʾs¹rr-hmw w-ms²ymt-hmw w-l[... ...]
   5  [... ...]b[... ...]

Apparatus
3-4w-nʾd dṯʾ w-qyẓ w-ṣrb... ʿ]dy k(l) ʾ[r]ḍ-hmw: see for comparison Ja 631, 40 (w-ʾs¹rr-hmw nʾd qyẓ w-ṣrb ʿdy ʾrḍ-hmw w-ʾs¹rr-hmw).

TRANSLATIONS

English

      
   1  [... ... for the safety of]
   2  their house and their tribe, and may Tʾlb Rym grant them male
   3  (and) healthy children and luxuriance of spring, summer and winter crops, and perfect fruits and harvests
   4  in all their land, their valleys and in their fields. And for [... ...]
   5   [... ...].

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsw. 75
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteḤāz
Ancient siteḤzym
Geographical areaHamdān
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of Tʾlb Rymm.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 117, n. 87 (facsimile)Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1931. Sabäische Inschriften. Rathjens-v. Wissmannsche Südarabischen-Reise. 1. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter.
Rijziger 2018: 163, fig. 61Rijziger, Sarah 2018. Sabaean inscriptions from Ḥāz, Yemen. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 29/2: 135-171. 2019/10/02; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/aae.12111.