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  • Editor(s)
    Costanza Odierna
    Irene Rossi
  • First published
    2015-04-07
  • Last revised
    2019-06-05
  • DOI
    10.82194/dasi-epi-8139
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RES 4198


By kind permission of Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodC
Textual typologyConstruction text

TEXT

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   1  Nhmm w-bn-h(w) ↯[Whbʾwm bnw]↯ R[ymn]( br)ʾw w-hwṯrn w-h(s²qrn )↯[ms³wd]-
   2  hmw Rḥbn b-hgr-(h)↯[mw Nmrn w-]↯hbḥr w-ḍfr w-s²rʿn bʾr-hmw Rwy(m)↯[ ](b)-ʿṯ—
   3  tr w-Hbs¹ w-b ʾl(m)↯[qh w-b-ḏt Ḥm]↯ym w-b ḏt Bʿdnm w-b Wdm ḏ-Myfʿn w-b↯ s²ms¹-
   4  hmw bʿlt Hrn (w)↯-[b bʿl bytn R]↯ymn w-b mrʾ-hmw Ḏmrʿly Byn mlk S¹bʾ b↯n Yd—
   5  ʿʾl Wtr w-b bn-h↯[w Krbʾl Wtr]↯ w-b s²ʿb-hmw ḏ-hgrn Nmrn w-rṯdw ms³wd-hmw ʿṯ—
   6  tr S²rqn |
   7  Wd-ʾb

Apparatus
1-5The integrations were proposed by Höfner (1933).
5Note that RES introduces a typo in the translitteration (but not in the translation): Ydʿʾb instead of Ydʿʾl.
The integration of the name of the king's son is hypothetical.
7The Wd-ʾb formula is engraved in relief in a rectangle carved below the text.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Nhmm and his son Whbʾwm, of the family Rymn, built and laid the foundations and completed the audience chamber
   2  Rḥbn in their city Nmrn, and dug out, cased with stones and constructed their well Rwym. By
   3  ʿṯtr and Hbs¹, and by ʾlmqh, and by ḏt Ḥmym, and by ḏt Bʿdnm, and by Wdm ḏ-Myfʿn and by their solar deity,
   4  the Mistress of Hrn, and by the lord of the sanctuary Rymn; and by their lord Ḏmrʿly Byn, king of Sabaʾ, son of
   5  Ydʿʾl Wtr, and by his son Krbʾl Wtr; and by their tribe of the city of Nmrn. And they committed their audience chamber to
   6  ʿṯtr S²rqn.
   7  Wd is father.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositWien, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Sem 667+Sem 665+Sem 666
Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 45, w. 54 (Sem 667), 66 (Sem 665), 21.5 (Sem 666), th. 10
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin. Conjectural
Modern siteBayt Nimrān
Ancient siteNmrn
Geographical areaCentral Jawf
CountryYemen
NotesThe text commemorates some construction works carried out in Nmrn, which is stated to be the town of the authors of the inscription. It is possible, but not necessary, that the inscription itself comes from Nmrn.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Höfner 1933: 28-31Höfner, Maria 1933. Die sabäischen Inschriften der südarabischen Expedition im Kunsthistorischen Museum in Wien (I). Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, 40: 1-36.