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RES 4151
Johannes H. Mordtmann and Eugen Mittwoch
Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1932 b: n. 36, pl. XII
Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1932 b: n. 36, pl. XII
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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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 [... ...](ṯ)t w-(bn)-[hw Rb]s²(m)[s¹m]
2 [... ... bnw] [.]mrm ʾdm bn Ḫḏw(t)
3 [hqnyw mrʾ-hmw ʿṯ](t)r ḏ-Ḏbn bʿl Bḥr
4 [Ḥṭbm ṣlmtn ʾr](b)ʿn ḏ-ḏhbn ḏ-s²ft-hw l-
5 [.](s¹f)lt w-ḫwdn ʾm-h(w) (Ḥ)qbm b-
6 ṣdġ-hw k-tld(n) bnm w-wldt
7 bn-hw S²rḥṯt w-rʾ hwfyw h[.]—
8 tm l-wfy-hmw w-wfy S²rḥṯt
9 [...](rm) [b-ʿ]ṯt<r>-ḏ-Ḏb[n]
10 [... ...]
| 9 | ʿṯt as a mistake for ʿṯtr rather than an apocopate form. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...]ṯt and his son Rbs²ms¹m 2 [... ...] of the family [.]mrm, vassals of the family Ḫḏwt, 3 dedicated to their Lord ʿṯtr ḏ-Ḏbn, Master of Bḥr Ḥṭbm 4 four statues in bronze, which he promised Him so that 5 He (?) and bestow his mother Ḥqbm 6 in His oracular manifestation that (she) would give birth to a son, and in fact she bore 7 his son S²rḥṯt, and so they offered 8 [... ...] for their safety and the safety of S²rḥṯt, 9 [... ...]rm, by ʿṯtr-ḏ-Ḏbn 10 [... ...] |
| 5 | s¹flt w-ḫwdn: "war erniedrigt und in Bedrängnis" (Mordtmann and Mittwoch). |
| 6 | ṣdġ-hw: "er gewährte (?) ihm" (Mordtmann and Mittwoch). |
| Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1932 b | 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. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Berlin, Staatliche Museen, VA 3849 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 16, w. 14 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʿṯtr ḏ-Ḏbn bʿl Bḥr |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1932 b: 47-49, n. 36, pl. XII | 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. |