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RES 4662
Eugen Mittwoch and Hans Schlobies
Mittwoch and Schlobies 1936: 289, n. 26
Mittwoch and Schlobies 1936: 289, n. 26
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 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 S²rḥ(m)[ ... ...]
2 ʾls²(r)[ḥ ... ... bnw]
3 ʾmʿl[y ʾdm bny S¹ḫymm]
4 hqn(yw) [s²ym-hmw Tʾlb]
5 Ry(mm) (bʿl) (K)[bdm ṣlmn]
6 ḥg-n (wqh)-hmw b-[ms¹ʾl-hw l]-
7 s¹[ʿ]d-hmw nʿmt(m) [... ...-hm]—
8 w bn bʾs¹tm b-T[ʾlb Rymm]
| 7-8 | [w-l ḫryn-hm]w (the editors). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 S²rḥm [... ...] 2 ʾls²rḥ [... ... ], of the family 3 ʿmʿly, vassals of the family S¹ḫymm, 4 dedicated to their Patron Tʾlb 5 Rymm, Master of Kbdm, this statue, 6 as He ordered them in His oracle, and in order for Him to 7 grant them prosperity [... ...] them 8 from any harm; by Tʾlb Rymm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Hamburg, Museum für Völkerkunde, 31.300: 1616 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 42, w. 26 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Shibām al-Ghirās / Shibām Sukhaym |
| Ancient site | S²bmm |
| Geographical area | Banī Ḥushaysh |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Tʾlb Rymm bʿl Kbdm |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Mittwoch and Schlobies 1936: 289-290, n. 26 | Mittwoch, Eugen and Schlobies, Hans 1936. Altsüdarabische Inschriften im Hamburgischen Museum für Völkerkunde. Orientalia, 5: 1-34; 278-293; 349-357. |