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RES 4194
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic |
| Script | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Text direction | Right-to-left |
| Measure of letters | 2.7 |
| Textual typology | Construction text |
GENERAL NOTES
| A Qatabanic cultural and linguistic influence is evident in the text. |
TEXT
1 [Lḥyʿt w-Mʿdʾl b]nw Kbrn ʾbʾn w-ḏ-Grʿs¹m w-ḏ-Gnʾs¹ w-ḏ-Gmln brʾw mḥfd-hmw Yfʿn w-mrw-hmw Tfḍ l-hmw w-l-ʾlwd-
2 [hmw ... ... Lḥyʿ]t-mw w-Mʿdʾl-mw ḏ-Brgm b-byt-hmw w-ʾns¹m ḥs²km ks³ʾ b-byt-hmw f-grbw w-s³wʿ w-ḥrr w-bʾr w-brʾ w-
3 [... ...-h]my w-qrwt w-nqbt w-mʾtt w-mḥfd-hmy w-kl ʿs²q ʾywn-hmw w-ʾrḍ-hmw t-b-s¹rn Ẓlmtm w-bql w-s³wʿ w-ṯʿ—
4 [d ... ...-h]my t-ʿtk nḫly-hmw Mklm w-Lwʾm w-bʾrn Tmklm b-qrw bn ʿs³bt-hmw w-hẓrfw w-hqḥ kl ḏn ʿs²qw
5 [l-hmw w-Lḥyʿt w-Mʿdʾl] w-l-bn-hmy Ḏḫrʿm b-rdʾ ʿm w-mnḍḥ-hmw ʿtr Nwbn w-Nbʿn w-Ḥmym w-ʾḫy-hmw w-mʾdbt-h(m)[w]
6 [w-tqd]m-s¹m Lḥyʿt w-Mʿdʾl w-Mrṯdm w-Ḏḫrʿm bn-kl-hmw
| 3 | In the lacuna at the beginning: mrw-h]my (RES). |
| 3 | tbs¹rn ẓltm (RES). |
| 3-4 | ṯʿ[d] integration possible, but not sure. RES: ṯʿ[ʿd]. |
| 4 | In the lacuna: ʿs³bt-h]my (RES). |
| 6 | The RES' integration: tqd]m-s¹m is interesting (with the Qatabanic pronoun in s¹), but not sure at all. |
| 6 | b-nkl-hmw (RES). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Lḥyʿt and Mʿdʾl, of the family Kbrn ʾbʾn, Grʿs¹m, Gnʾs¹ and Gmln, built their tower Yfʿn and their irrigation system Tfḍ for them and for their 2 children. [... ...] Lḥyʿt and Mʿdʾl, of Brgm, in their house, and the relatives who are in their house; they layed out fields in terraces, planted, constructed canals, dug a well and built and 3 [... ... ] and channels and passages for water and outlet channels and their towers and all the terracing of their vineyards and of their cultivated grounds which are in the valley Ẓlmtm, and they laid out a plantation and planted and 4 [... ...] which are opposite of their two palmgroves Mklm and Lwʾm and the well Tmklm in the channel from their pastureland. And they set in order and finished all this terracing 5 [for them, and for Lḥyʿt and Mʿdʾl], and for their son Ḏḫrʿm. By the help of ʿm and their tutelary deity ʿtr Nwbn and Nbʿn and Ḥmym, and their brothers and their vassals. 6 Lḥyʿt, Mʿdʾl, Mrṯdm, Ḏḫrʿm were in charge of them (these constructions) completely. |
| 3 | tbs¹rn ẓlmtm: "welche zur Unzeit (Frucht) hervorbringt zum Schaden (der Ernte)" (RES). |
| 3-4 | ṯʿʿd: "und versorgten mit Wasser" (RES). |
| 6 | [w-tqd]m-s¹m... b-nkl-hmw: "und es standen ihnen vor... mit ihrer kunstvollen Arbeit" (RES). |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Wien, Kunsthistorisches Museum, SE 92 |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 74.5, w. 22 |
| Link to object record |