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RES 4048 RW 3
Johannes H. Mordtmann and Eugen Mittwoch
Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 198, n. 157
Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 198, n. 157
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 | Raised | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text (conjectural) |
TEXT
1 [... ... by]t-hmw Bqlm b-mq[m ... ...]
2 [w-b rdʾ ʾmrʾ-hm]w Nmrm Yfd w-bn[y-hw ... ...]
3 [... ... w-rṯdw by]t-hmw Bqlm ʿṯt[r S²rqn ... ...]
4 [... ... b-ʿṯ]tr w-Ns¹rm w-b-W[dm]
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ṣanʿāʾ |
| Ancient site | Ṣnʿw |
| Geographical area | Sanʿāʾ |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Archaeological context | Urban context: Private house Bqlm |
| Notes | The stone inscription was found reemployed at a wellspring near Jāmiʿ al-Jamaʿ. It is now in Djibuti. |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 198, n. 157 | Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1931. Sabäische Inschriften. Rathjens-v. Wissmannsche Südarabischen-Reise. 1. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter. |