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RES 4049 RW 157


Johannes H. Mordtmann and Eugen Mittwoch
Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 204, n. 160

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodD. Conjectural
Textual typologyConstruction text (conjectural)

TEXT

marker


      [... ...]
   1  [...]w-bn-hmw bny Nʿm[n ... ...]
   2  [...] ḏ-Mlyḥm brʾw w-hs²qrn bt-
   3  [hmw ḏ]t whb-hmw ʾmrʾ-hmw bnw S¹—
   4  [ḫymm b-r]dʾ ʾmrʾ-hmw w-b-rdʾ Tʾlb
   5  [w-](b) s²ms¹-hmw w-mḍḥ-hmw w-rṯdw by—
   6  [t-hmw] (T)ʾlb bn n(ky)[m w-m](hbʾs¹m)

TRANSLATIONS

English

      [... ...]
   1  [...] and their son, of the family Nʿmn [... ...]
   2  [...] ḏ-Mlyḥm, built and completet their
   3  house, which their lords, of the family S¹ḫymm, granted them;
   4  by the help of their lords, and by the help of Tʾlb
   5  and by their solar deity and their tutelary deity. And they committed their
   6  house to Tʾlb against the one who may damage and harm (it).

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 20, w. 45
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteṢanʿāʾ
Ancient siteṢnʿw
Geographical areaSanʿāʾ
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextUrban context: Private house
NotesStone brought to the Imām's house by travellers.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 203-205, n. 160Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1931. Sabäische Inschriften. Rathjens-v. Wissmannsche Südarabischen-Reise. 1. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter.