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RES 4190
By kind permission of Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 4 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 [... ...](d) w[..]
2 [...]r w-bny-hmw Rfs²(n) (b)[nw]
3 [S¹](ḫ)ymm ʾqwl s²ʿbn S¹mʿ(y)
4 [s²]lṯn ḏ-Hgrm hqnyw s²ym-
5 [h]mw Tʾlb Rymm bʿl R—
6 ḥbn ṣlmn l-wfy-hmw w-w—
7 [f]y byt-hmw Rymn w-wfy
8 ql-hmw w-s²ʿb-hmw Yrs¹(m)
9 s²lṯn ḏ-Hgrm w-l s¹ʿd-hmw
10 [f]rʿ dṯʾ w-ḫrf ʿdy kl ʾs¹—
11 [r](r)-hmw w-ʾrḍt-hmw w-l s¹ʿ—
12 d-hmw Tʾlb Rymm ḥẓy w-
13 [r]ḍw mrʾy-hmw Yrm ʾymn
14 w-Krbʾl Wtr mlky S¹bʾ |
15 [w]-(l) ḫryn-hmw Tʾlb Rym[m]
16 [bn] nḍʿ w-s²ṣy s²nʾm w-l w(ḍ)—
17 [ʿ ]w-ṯbr w-ḍrʿn ḍr-hmw w-(s²)[n]—
18 ʾ-hmw b-Tʾlb Rym[m]
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] 2 and their son Rfs²n, of the family 3 S¹ḫymm, ʾqwl of the tribe S¹mʿy, 4 third-part of Hgrm, dedicated to their Patron 5 Tʾlb Rymm, Lord of 6 Rḥbn, the statue, for their safety and the 7 safety of their house Rymn, and the safety 8 of their ql and their tribe Yrs¹m, 9 the third part of Hgrm, and may He grant them 10 crops of spring and autumn in all their valleys 11 and their lands. And may Tʾlb Rymm 12 grant them the goodwill 13 and the satisfaction of their lords, Yrm ʾymn 14 and Krbʾl Wtr, the two kings of Sabaʾ. 15 And may Tʾlb Rymm deliver them 16 from the maleficence and malice of the enemy. And may He humiliate, 17 destroy and defeat their enemies and rivals. 18 By Tʾlb Rymm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Wien, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Sem 669 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 89, w. 31, th. 11 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Tʾlb Rymm bʿl Rḥbn |
| Link to site record |