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Johannes H. Mordtmann and Eugen Mittwoch
Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1932 b: pl. 10

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT

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   1  [... ...](ṯ)m ʾmt bn[w... ...]
   2  [... ...hqnyt ʿṯtr ḏ-Ḏ](b)n ṣl(mn) ḏ-ḏhbn |
   3  [... ...ḥ]g [ḏt] wqh-hmw ʿṯ—
   4  [tr ḏ-Ḏbn] (b)-m(s¹ʾl)m (w)-l-f hrʾyt hrʾy
   5  [... ...]r[..](n)[.]m l-w(f)[y] bn-h ʾlnṣr

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...] servant of the family [... ...]
   2  [... ... dedicated to ʿṯtr ḏ-Ḏ](b)n this statue in bronze
   3  [... ...] according to what ʿṯtr ḏ-Ḏbn ordered them
   4  in the oracle and according the oracular vision He gave
   5  [... ...] for the safety of her son ʾlnṣr.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositBerlin, Staatliche Museen, VA 5340
Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 19, w. 33
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteṢanʿāʾ
Ancient siteṢnʿw
Geographical areaSanʿāʾ
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1932 b: 44-45, n. 34, pl. 10Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1932. Himjarische Inschriften in den Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin. (Mitteilungen der Vorderasiatisch-Aegyptischen Gesellschaft, 37/1). Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs.