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RES 4134 Gl 443


Johannes H. Mordtmann and Eugen Mittwoch
Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1932 b: n. 16, pl. B

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Chronology
PeriodD
Textual typologyLegal text

TEXT

marker


      [... ...]
   1  [... ...] (b)ny Frʿm Ynhb mlk S¹bʾ whb(w)
   2  [... ...]my mlkn bny ḏ-ʾnwyn qs¹ṭn ʾs¹bʾn ʾdm
   3  [... ...]n Ynʿm w-ʾḥqb w-Yġnm w-ʾlṯwb l-byt-hm[w]
   4  [... ...ḫm]r-hmw mrʾy-hmw mlknhn l-wtf hmt ʾs¹dn |
   5  [... ...]rm w-lmw ẓ{b}rb-ḏ-ʾnwyn l-ywfynn ẓ[r]bm

Apparatus
1Mordtmann and Mittwoch (1932 b) restore: [ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb w-ʾḫy-hw Yʾzl Byn mlky S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn].

TRANSLATIONS

English

      
   1  [... ...], sons of Frʿm Ynhb, king of Sabaʾ, gave
   2  [... ...] of the king, of the family ḏ-ʾnwyn, the class of smallholders (?), the Sabaeans, the vassals
   3  [... ...] Ynʿm, ʾḥqb, Yġnm and ʾlṯwb for their house
   4  [... ...] grant them, their two lords, the two kings, for the document of those soldiers
   5  [... ...] and came to an agreement with the family ʾnwyn in order to fulfill the proprietary rights.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositBerlin, Staatliche Museen, VA 3847
Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 24, w. 47
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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: 17-19, n. 16, pl. BMordtmann, 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 1938Höfner, Maria 1938. Die Inschriften aus Glaser Tagebuch XI (Mārib). Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, 45: 7-37.