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RES 4130 Gl 456
Johannes H. Mordtmann and Eugen Mittwoch
Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1932 b: n. 13, pl. V
Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1932 b: n. 13, pl. V
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Chronology |
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GENERAL NOTES
| Second half of the 2nd century CE. Likely a legal text based on the formula at l. 4. |
TEXT
[... ...]
1 [... ... wr]qm w-dʿtm ḫrṣm [w]-ʾty[m... ...]
2 [... ...] Kbr Ḫll ṯnyn w-l-kl ḫ[... ...]
3 [... ...w-Whbʾ]l Yḥz mlk S¹bʾ f-rʾ [... ...]
4 [... ... w]-(mʾt) [....] w-s¹my b-ḏn [... ...]
| 1 | [m]ʾty (Höfner). |
| 2 | Whbʾl Yḥz could be a royal patronymic. |
| 4 | [t]ʿlmy (Höfner). |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Berlin, Staatliche Museen, VA 5315 |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 25, w. 45 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maʾrib |
| Ancient site | Mryb / Mrb |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Notes | Reemployed in a modern house. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1932 b: 14-15, n. 13, pl. V (facsimile) | Mordtmann, 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 1938: 11-12 | Höfner, Maria 1938. Die Inschriften aus Glaser Tagebuch XI (Mārib). Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, 45: 7-37. |