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RES 4649


Eugen Mittwoch and Hans Schlobies
Mittwoch and Schlobies 1936: 24, n. 12

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

TEXT

marker


   1  S¹ʿdʾwm ʾzʾd w-ʾgrm ʾṯqf w-bn-hmw Mrṯd—
   2  m bnw Qrntn brʾw byt-hmw
   3  b-mqm Tʾlb bʿl Kbdm w-ʾlh Ḫs¹ʾm w-b-
   4  ʾmrʾ-hmw bny S¹ḫymm w-s²ʿb-hmw Yrs¹m w-rṯ—
   5  dw byt-hmw Tʾl<b> Rymm w-ʾlhn bn k—
   6  l mhbʾs¹m |

Apparatus
1ʾgrm: according to Höfner 1966, this proper name should be read ʾlrm. See also RES 4651.
2After the first word there is a space, probably a deletion.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  S¹ʿdʾwm ʾzʾd and ʾgrm ʾṯqf and their son Mrṯdm,
   2  of the family Qrntn, built their house,
   3  by the power of Tʾlb, Master of Kbdm and God of Ḫs¹ʾm, and by
   4  their lords, the banū S¹ḫymm, and their tribe Yrs¹m; and they
   5  committed their house to Tʾlb Rymm and to the God
   6  against everyone who may damage (it).

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositHamburg, Museum für Völkerkunde, 31.300: 1608
Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsw. 70
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteShibām al-Ghirās / Shibām Sukhaym
Ancient siteS²bmm
Geographical areaBanī Ḥushaysh
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextUrban context: Private house
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Mittwoch and Schlobies 1936: 24-27, n. 12Mittwoch, Eugen and Schlobies, Hans 1936. Altsüdarabische Inschriften im Hamburgischen Museum für Völkerkunde. Orientalia, 5: 1-34; 278-293; 349-357.
Höfner 1966: 53Höfner, Maria 1966. Bearbeitung der von Carl Rathjens in Sabaeica I und II in Abbildungen veröffentlichten altsüdarabischen Inschriften, sowie einiger sonstiger von ihm gesammelter Inschriftensteine. (Carl Rathjens, Sabaeica. Bericht über die archäologischen Ergebnisse seiner zweiten, dritten und vierten Reise nach Südarabien. III). (Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Völkerkunde in Hamburg, 28). Hamburg: Kommissionsverlag Cram, de Gruyter and Co..