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RES 4050
Johannes H. Mordtmann and Eugen Mittwoch
Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 205, n. 161
Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 205, n. 161
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 - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [... ... ʾ]s²wʿ w-ʾlwhb w-b[ny-hmw ... ...]
2 [hḥd]ṯw kl nkl qdm ḏqn m[qbr-hmw ... ... w-rṯdw]
3 [m]qbr-hmw Ṣnʿ ʿṯtr S²rqn [... ...]
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] ʾs²wʿ and ʾlwhb and their sons [... ...], 2 renewed all the work of the façade (?) of the prayer room of their tomb [... ....] And they committed 3 their tomb Ṣnʿ to ʿṯtr S²rqn [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ṣanʿāʾ |
| Ancient site | Ṣnʿw |
| Geographical area | Sanʿāʾ |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context: Tomb Ṣnʿ |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 205-208, n. 161 | Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1931. Sabäische Inschriften. Rathjens-v. Wissmannsche Südarabischen-Reise. 1. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter. |