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RES 4031
Giovanni Garbini
Garbini 1973 c: pl. I/b
Garbini 1973 c: pl. I/b
Giovanni Garbini
Garbini 1973 c: pl. I/b
Garbini 1973 c: pl. I/b
Johannes H. Mordtmann and Eugen Mittwoch
Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 145, n. 124
Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 145, n. 124
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 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
TEXT
1 [... ...]w. (w)-b(n)-hw± [Mr]ṯdm Y(z)ʾn w-S¹lmt ʾ—
2 [....]s¹n (w)-S¹my Ykhn± (w)-S¹ʿdtʾlb Yhṯb bnw S¹myʿ—
3 m b[r](ʾ)w w-hs²qrn nṭ±(ʿ)t-hmw Yfʿn b-mqmt ʾmrʾ-
4 hmw [.]m[....]s¹(h) [.]h[.]±w ḍʾnn Yrs¹m w-Ḥmln w-Mʾ—
5 [ḏn]m m[... ...]
| 1 | ʾs²]w[ʿ (RES). |
| 2 | Ykhn: possibly Ykhl (RES). |
| 4 | ḍʾnn as a proper name (Garbini). |
| 4-5 | Mʾ[ḍn]m (RES). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...]w[.] and his son Mrṯdm Yzʾn and S¹lmt 2 ʾ[...]s¹n and S¹my Ykhn and S¹ʿdtʾlb Yhṯb, of the family S¹myʿm 3 built and completed their nṭʿt Yfʿn, by the power of their 4 lords [... ...] Yrs¹m, Ḥmln and 5 Mʾḏnm [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 20 (RW 86); w. 65 (RW 89) |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-Ḥuqqa |
| Ancient site | Dmhn |
| Geographical area | Banī al-Ḥārith |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Urban context: Yfʿn |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 145-146, n. 124 | Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1931. Sabäische Inschriften. Rathjens-v. Wissmannsche Südarabischen-Reise. 1. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter. |
| Garbini 1973 c: 434-435, pl. I/b (photo) | Garbini, Giovanni 1973. Note di epigrafia sabea. Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli, 33/3: 431-438. |