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RES 4351
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Undefined Sabaic |
| Script | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Text direction | Right-to-left |
| Text appearance | Raised |
| Execution technique | Incision |
TEXT
1 ʿbrn Ḫtn ḏ-yws¹ʿn ʾs¹rrn Ḥgrn
2 w-Grbm w-Ṣbḥn w-ʾrmn w-ʾdmn |
3 w-Ḥṭb w-Qrʿt ḏ-ybqyn ʾwṯr ʿmdn((ʿmdn))
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 (This is) the canal Ḫtn which gives sufficient water to the valleys Ḥgrn 2 Grbm, Ṣbḥn, ʾrmn, ʾdmn, 3 Ḥṭb, Qrʿt, which leaves unirrigated the low grounds of ʿmdn (or: of the vineyard). |
| 3 | ḏ-ybqyn ʾwṯr ʿmdn: "welcher (für einen zweiten) übrig lässt die Ebenen des Gebietes ʿmdn" (M. Höfner 1935). |
| Höfner 1935: 63 | Höfner, Maria 1935. Die qatabanischen und sabäischen Inschriften der südarabischen Expedition im Kunsthistorischen Museum in Wien (II). Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, 42: 31-66. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Wien, Kunsthistorisches Museum, SE 47 |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 90, w. 20 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
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