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RES 4085


Johannes H. Mordtmann and Eugen Mittwoch
Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931
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Johannes H. Mordtmann and Eugen Mittwoch
Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931
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Partim
Jaqueline Pirenne
Pirenne 1961: pl. IX/a

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

TEXT

marker


   1  Bʿṯtr ḏ-Wḍʾm kbr kl s²ʿbn ʾrymn tqdm l-mrʾ-hw ʾls²rḥ bn S¹mhʿly Ynf
   2  | kl ṣyḥ w-tbqlt ʾʿmd w-ʾʿlb w-kl mʿs¹ʾ mʾḫḏn Ġyln w-kl ḥrt w-mẓkkt
   3  w-bʾrn Rwym l-n ġyln ʿdy s²qrm mʿs¹ʾ blqm l-ʾnḫln ʾṯʾbn w-Mṭrn w-Mʾtmm
   4  w-ḏ-Fnwtm w-S¹mṭnhn ʾnḫl mlkn hrt b-Wḍʾm b-s¹rn Rmn w-brʾ w-ʿs¹ʾ b-h—
   5  rt [ʾn]ḫln ʾrbʿt ʾhlm w-ʾḥrr-hmw ʿmn-hw [w]-byd-hw w-qtdm l-mrʾ-hw Ḏmrʿly B[..... ...]

Apparatus
4RES reads: ḏ-wḍʾm.
4-5RES reads: b-h(m)t.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Bʿṯtr, of Wḍʾm, kbr of the whole ʾrymn, was in charge for his lord ʾls²rḥ, son of S¹mhʿly Ynf,
   2  of the whole planning and laying out of the vine-stocks and the Zizyphus-trees, and of the whole construction of the dam Ġyln and of the whole irrigation canal and of the sluice,
   3  and of the well Rwym from the ground level to the summit, the construction of stone, for the palmgroves ʾṯʾbn, Mṭrn, Mʾtmm
   4  ḏ-Fnwtm and S¹mṭnhn, the palmgroves of the king, the field in Wḍʾm in the valley Rmn. And built and dug out in the
   5  field of the palmgroves four covered cisterns and their canals from his and his levelled field (?). And was in charge for his lord, Ḏmrʿly B[..... ...]
3l-n ġyln ʿdy s²qrm: "vom Wasserlauf auf bis zur Oberkante" (P. Stein 2003 a).
mʿs¹ʾ blqm: "ein Werk aus Balaḳ stein" (RES);
"die Stein-arbeit in blḳ-Gestein" (M. Höfner 1936).
Höfner 1936Höfner, Maria 1936. Zur Interpretation altsüdarabischer Inschriften II. Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, 43: 77-108.
Stein 2003 a: 158Stein, Peter 2003. Untersuchungen zur Phonologie und Morphologie des Sabäischen. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 3). Rahden: Marie Leidorf GmbH / Westf.: Marie Leidorf GmbH.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositBerlin, Staatliche Museen, VA 5324
Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 23.3, w. 98
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance. Conjectural
Modern siteMaʾrib
Ancient siteMryb / Mrb
Geographical areaMaʾrib
CountryYemen
NotesThe provenance is supposed thanks to the quotation of the valley Rmn.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1932 b: 7-10, n. 2, pl. IMordtmann, 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.
Höfner 1936: 81-84Höfner, Maria 1936. Zur Interpretation altsüdarabischer Inschriften II. Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, 43: 77-108.
Pirenne 1961: pl. IX/aPirenne, Jacqueline 1961. Le royaume sud-arabe de Qatabān et sa datation, d'après l'archéologie et les sources classiques jusqu'au Périple de la Mer Erythrée. (Bibliothèque du Muséon, 48). Louvain: Publications universitaire.