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RES 4086 Gl A 682


Johannes H. Mordtmann and Eugen Mittwoch
Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1932 b: pl. VI, n. 17

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters5.2
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT

marker


   1  mḏbḥt ʾbkrb bn ʾs¹—
   2  dʾl w-rṯd mḏbḥt-h ʾlmq—
   3  h

Apparatus
2mḏbḥt-h: for the masculine use of -h see P. Stein (2003 a).

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Altar of ʾbkrb, son of ʾs¹dʾl,
   2  and he committed his altar to
   3  ʾlmqh.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositBerlin, Staatliche Museen, VA 5321
Support typeStone piece (mḏbḥt)
MaterialStone
Dimensionsw. 58
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteMaʾrib
Ancient siteMryb / Mrb
Geographical areaMaʾrib
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1932 b: 19-20, n. 17, pl. VIMordtmann, 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.
Botterweck 1950: 435-436Botterweck, G. Johannes 1950. Altsüdarabische Glaser-Inschriften. Orientalia, 19: 435-444.
Stein 2003 a: 137Stein, Peter 2003. Untersuchungen zur Phonologie und Morphologie des Sabäischen. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 3). Rahden: Marie Leidorf GmbH / Westf.: Marie Leidorf GmbH.