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RES 4033


RW 87
Johannes H. Mordtmann and Eugen Mittwoch
Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 148, n. 126
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RW 87
Johannes H. Mordtmann and Eugen Mittwoch
Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 148, n. 126
photo
RW 82
Johannes H. Mordtmann and Eugen Mittwoch
Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 148, n. 127

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

TEXT

marker


   1  S²wfm Yhtf w-S¹lmn w-bn-hmy S¹ʿds²ms¹m w-[...±... ʾd]m bn {bn} Btʿ w-S¹qrn bnyw w-hs²±—
   2  qrn byt-hmw Ygrʾl b-rdʾ s²ym-hmw Tʾlb R[ymm ... ... ± w-b rdʾ ʾm]rʾ-hmw w-s²ʿb-hmw Qrʿ(m)tn

Apparatus
2See CIH 342 a for the tribe Qrʿmtn.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  S²wfm Yhtf and S¹lmn and their sons S¹ʿds²ms¹m and [... ...] vassals of the families Btʿ and S¹qrn, built and completed
   2  their house Ygrʾl, by the help of their patron Tʾlb Rymm [... ...] and by the help of their lords and their tribe Qrʿmtn.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsw. 125 (RW 87)
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance. Conjectural
Modern siteal-Ḥuqqa (surroundings)
Ancient siteDmhn
Geographical areaBanī al-Ḥārith
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
Archaeological contextUrban context: Private house Ygrʾl
NotesReemployed upside down.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 148-149, n. 126+127 (facsimile and photo)Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1931. Sabäische Inschriften. Rathjens-v. Wissmannsche Südarabischen-Reise. 1. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter.