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RES 4648


Eugen Mittwoch and Hans Schlobies
Mittwoch and Schlobies 1936: 21, n. 11

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 - fragmentary

TEXT

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   1  [... ... ...]ṯhwn bnw ḏ-ʾlhn w-ʿqrbm ʾdm bny S¹ḫ—
   2  [ymm ... ...]rn mḥfd-hmw Ṣdqn mḥrm Qynn ʾlh-Ḫ—
   3  [s¹ʾm ... ...] bt-hmw Ygr ms³wd-hmw w-bn mwṯr-hw ʿd—
   4  [y tfrʿ-hw ... ...]w Ṭmḥn w-Ygr b-rdʾ w-b-mqm s²ym-hmw
   5  [... ... ʾl]h-hmw Qynn ʾlh-Ḫs¹ʾm w-b-mqm mrʾ-hm*w*
   6  [... ...] ʾdm-hmw w-rṯdw mqyḥt-hmw ʿṯtr S²rqn
   7  [... ... s²n](ʾm)

Apparatus
2brʾw w-hwṯ]rn (the editors).
5In the text: mrʾ-hmr.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ... ...]ṯhwn, of the banū ḏ-ʾlhn and ʿqrbm, vassals of the banū
   2  S¹ḫymm, built and laid the foundations of their tower Ṣdqn (for) the temple of Qynn, the God of
   3  Ḥs¹ʾm [... ...], their house Ygr, their audience chamber, and from its foundation
   4  to its top [... ...] Ṭmḥn and Ygr. By the help and the power of their Patron
   5  [... ...] their God Qynn, God of Ḫs¹ʾm; and by the power of their lord
   6  [... ...] their vassals; and they committed their achievement to ʿṯtr S²rqn
   7  [... ...] enemy.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositHamburg, Museum für Völkerkunde, 31.300: 1618
Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 25, w. 57
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin. Conjectural
Modern siteShibām al-Ghirās / Shibām Sukhaym
Ancient siteS²bmm
Geographical areaBanī Ḥushaysh
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Mittwoch and Schlobies 1936: 21-23, n. 11Mittwoch, Eugen and Schlobies, Hans 1936. Altsüdarabische Inschriften im Hamburgischen Museum für Völkerkunde. Orientalia, 5: 1-34; 278-293; 349-357.