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RES 4039 RW 38
Johannes H. Mordtmann and Eugen Mittwoch
Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 154, n. 137
Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 154, n. 137
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic |
| Script | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Text direction | Right-to-left |
| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 bnw→ Rms¹m w-S¹myʿm hqnyw ḏt Bʿd→nm l-s¹ʿd-hmw ʾṯmr ṣdqm |
| 1 | The copy of the text shows an upside down y after the name of the goddess ḏt Bʿdnm. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 The descendants of Rms¹m and S¹myʿm made this dedication to ḏt Bʿdnm, in order that She should grant them perfect fruit crops. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Container » Vessel |
| Material | Bronze |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-Ḥuqqa |
| Ancient site | Dmhn |
| Geographical area | Banī al-Ḥārith |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple |
| Notes | The bronze vessel was found during the excavation of the temple. |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 154, n. 137 | Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1931. Sabäische Inschriften. Rathjens-v. Wissmannsche Südarabischen-Reise. 1. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter. |
| Rathjens and Wissmann 1932: fig. 50 | 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. |