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RES 4198 bis
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 | 5.6 (max.); 5.4 (min.) | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text - fragmentary |
TEXT
[... ...]
1 [...](ʿn) (w)-ʾ(ḫ)y-hw w-bn(y)-
2 [h]w bnw ʿqrbtm br—
3 ʾw w-hs²qrn mknt w-mḏ—
4 qntn l-ʾlh Ḫs¹ʾm l-wfy-
5 hmw w-l s¹ʿd-hmw nʿm(tm w)-
6 [... ...]
| 5 | The characters are smaller than those in the previous lines. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
[... ...] 1 [...]ʿn and his brothers and his sons, 2 of the family ʿqrbtm, built 3 and completed the shrine and the 4 entrance-hall for the god of Ḫs¹ʾm and for 5 their safety. And may He grant them prosperity and 6 [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Wien, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Sem 670 |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 30, w. 38 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Shibām al-Ghirās / Shibām Sukhaym |
| Ancient site | S²bmm |
| Geographical area | Banī Ḥushaysh |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |