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RES 4137 Gl 572
Johannes H. Mordtmann and Eugen Mittwoch
Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1932 b: 22-23, n. 20, pl. C
Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1932 b: 22-23, n. 20, pl. C
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic |
| Script | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Text direction | Right-to-left |
| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 [... ... b-kl s¹]bʾt s¹bʾ ʿ[...]
2 [... ... b-qht ʾm]rʾ-hmw ʾmlk S¹b—
3 [ʾ... ...]f.n w-b-ḏt ḫmr-h—
4 [mw ʾlmqh bʿ]l Ḥrwnm ʿbrm ḏ-b-hw [....]
5 [... ...s¹bʾ]t yqhnn w-ḥrgn
6 [ʾmrʾ-hmw ʾmlk S¹bʾ] (f)-rʾ k-s¹lmw w-t—
7 [ʾwlw bn hyt s¹bʾtn] w-ḥmdw b-ḏt hws²ʿ-hm—
8 [w... ...] w-ʾml[ʾ] tbḥ[....]
9 [... ...] b-ḏt hws²ʿ-hmw
10 [... ...]mn w-[Ḫ]wln b-kn yf—
11 [ʿw... ...ḏ-Ḫ]wln w-s²ʿb-hmw Ḫwln ʿd—
12 [... ...]rʾ k-tʾḫḏw b-ʿm hl—
13 [... ... ml]tm ḏ-hrḍw ʾmrʾ-hmw |
14 [ʾmlkn w-b-ḏt hʿ]n ʾlmqh bʿl Ḥrwn—
15 [m ʿbd-hw ... ... b-kn] s¹bʾ ʿdy hgrn
16 [... ...]m w-ḥs²r ʾmrʾ-hm[w]
17 [... ...w-b]-ḏt hws²ʿ-hm[w]
18 [... ...]m [.]
19 [... ...]
| 10 | RES proposes to restore: [Rd]mn. |
| 11 | According to RES, the restoration [ḏ-Ḫ]wln, given by Mordtmann and Mittwoch (1932 b), is not sure. |
| 16 | G. Ryckmans (1939 a) suggests to read ḥs²k instead of ḥs²r, later, A. Beeston (1953 b), confirms the previous reading, given by Mordtmann and Mittwoch (1932 b). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] in all the military expeditions (they) undertook [...] 2 [... ...] by the authority of their lords, the kings of Sabaʾ, 3 [... ...] and because ʾlmqh, Lord of Ḥrwnm, 4 granted them wadi-side cultivation (?) whereby [....] 5 [... ... expeditions], wich their lords, the kings of Sabaʾ, 6 will order and command. And indeed they were safe and 7 came back from those expeditions. And they praised because (ʾlmqh) granted them 8 [... ...] and the favours [....] 9 [... ...] because (ʾlmqh) granted them 10 [... ...] and Ḫwln, when they approached 11 [... ...ḏ-Ḫ]wln and their tribe Ḫwln 12 [... ...] indeed they abstained from 13 [... ...] loot, which satisfied their lords, 14 the kings. And because ʾlmqh, Lord of Ḥrwnm, 15 [helped his servant ... ... when] carried out towards the city 16 [... ...] and ? of their lords 17 [... ...] and because (He) granted them 18 [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Berlin, Staatliche Museen, VA 3844 |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 62, w. 20 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maʾrib |
| Ancient site | Mryb / Mrb |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1932 b: 22-23, n. 20, pl. C | 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. |
| Ryckmans, Gonzague 1939 a: 86 | Ryckmans, Gonzague 1939. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Cinquième série. Le Muséon, 52: 51-112. |
| Beeston 1953 b: 111 | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1953. Notes on Old South Arabian Lexicography V. Le Muséon, 66: 109-122. |