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RES 4138 Gl 571+753 a


VA 3843
Johannes H. Mordtmann and Eugen Mittwoch
Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1932 b: n. 21b, pl. E
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VA 3843
Johannes H. Mordtmann and Eugen Mittwoch
Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1932 b: n. 21b, pl. E
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VA 3820
Johannes H. Mordtmann and Eugen Mittwoch
Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1932 b: n. 21a, pl. D

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ...]m w[... ...]b[... ...]s²[... ...]
   2  [... ...s²ʿ](b)-hmw Grs² [... ...↯-h](m)w ʿdy bʾ[....]
   3  [... ...] b-wfym w-b-ḏt (hw)fy-[hmw ↯ w]-(s²)[ʿb]-hmw ʾlmqh [b]-
   4  [kl] (s¹)byʾ w-mṭw w-ḥryb [w-ḍby]↯ʾ s¹bʾw b-qht ʾ[m]—
   5  [rʾ]-hmw ʾmlk S¹bʾ w-b-ḏ(t)↯ [h]wfy w-mtʿn ʾlmqh b—
   6  ʿl Ḥrwnm grb (ʿbd)-h(w) [... ...]↯ bn Gdnm bn ḫwm[.]
   7  [ḏ]-kyn b-kl ʾrḍn w-(rʾ) k-[... ...]↯ b-ʿbr mrʾ-hmw Rb—
   8  [s²](m)s¹m Nmrn mlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-(R)↯[ydn] ʿdy hgrn Nʿḍ b-wfy(m)
   9  (w)-mngyt ṣdqm (ḏ)-(hrḍ)w ʿbd-h[w ↯ ʿ]bdʿṯtr bn Gdnm w-l-ḏt [y]—
  10  (z)ʾn ʾlmqh-bʿl-(Ḥrwn)m h[wfyn ↯ gr]ybt ʿbd-hw ʿbdʿṯtr w-S¹ʿ[dṯ]—
  11  wn bny Gdnm w-s¹ʿd-h(mw) ḥ(ẓy) ↯ [w-r](ḍ)w mrʾ-hmw (R)bs²ms¹m Nmr[n]
  12  [m]lk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn w-l s¹ʿ(d)-h[mw ʾl↯]mqh Ṯhwn w-(Ṯ)[wr Bʿl]m bʿ—
  13  [l] Ḥrwnm nʿmtm w-wfym w-ʾ↯[wld](m) ʾḏkrwm h[nʾm w-ʾ](ṯm)[r]—
  14  [m] w-ʾ(f)qlm bn ʾrḍt-hmw w-ʾs¹r↯[r]-hmw hnʾm ḏ-[yhrḍwn-h](mw) [b-ʿ]—
  15  [ṯtr] w-Hbs¹ w-b-ʾlmqh w-b-ḏt Ḥmym↯ w-b-ḏt Bʿdn (w)-(b)-(s²ms¹) mlk(n)

Apparatus
6According to M. Höfner (1938), on the basis of the line 9, in the gap the proper name ʿbdʿṯtr could be restored.
7M. Höfner (1938) restores k-[nbt ʿbdʿṯtr].
9M. Höfner (1938) reads mngyt instead of the wrong mnlyt in RES.

TRANSLATIONS

English

      
   1  [... ...]
   2  [... ...] their tribe Grs², their [... ...], towards [....]
   3  [... ...] in safety, and because ʾlmqh saved them and their tribe during
   4  all the expeditions, military campaing, battles and military operations they carried out by the authority of
   5  their lords, the kings of Sabaʾ, and because ʾlmqh, Lord of Ḥrwnm, saved and and protected
   6  the person of His servant [... ...], of the family Gdnm, from the epidemic sickness
   7  that took place in all the countruy. And indeed [... ...] to their lord,
   8  Rbs²ms¹m Nmrn, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, in the city Nʿḍ, in safety
   9  and good luck wich satisfied His servant ʿbdʿṯtr, of the family Gdnm, and in order that
  10  ʾlmqh, Lord of Ḥrwnm, may continue to save the person of His servant ʿbdʿṯtr and of S¹ʿdṯwn,
  11  of the family Gdnm, and may He grant them the goodwill and the satisfaction of their lord, Rbs²ms¹m Nmrn,
  12  king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān; may ʾlmqh Ṯhwn and Ṯwr Bʿlm, Lord of Ḥrwnm, grant them
  13  prosperity, safety, male and healty children, and good fruits
  14  and harvests in their country and their valleys, which will satisfy them. By
  15  ʿṯtr, Hbs¹, ʾlmqh, ḏt Ḥmym, ḏt Bʿdn and by the solar deity of the king.
Höfner 1938: 16-17Höfner, Maria 1938. Die Inschriften aus Glaser Tagebuch XI (Mārib). Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, 45: 7-37.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositBerlin, Staatliche Museen, VA 3820+VA 3843
Support typeStone piece
Dimensionsh. 50, w. 22 (VA 3820); h. 48, w. 20 (VA 3843)
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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: 24-27, n. 21, pl. D-EMordtmann, 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: 16-17Höfner, Maria 1938. Die Inschriften aus Glaser Tagebuch XI (Mārib). Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, 45: 7-37.