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RES 4663


Eugen Mittwoch and Hans Schlobies
Mittwoch and Schlobies 1936: 291, n. 27

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. Conjectural
Textual typologyConstruction text

TEXT

marker


   1  (Y)ḥym w-Mwdʿm bnw Lʾymm [w]-
   2  Mhrrm ʾḥnkn ʾḏnynhn hwṯrw
   3  w-brʾ nṭʿt ʿṯtr S²rqn ms²rqy h—
   4  grn Ḥnn l-wfy-hmw w-s¹ʿd-hmw nʿ—
   5  mtm w-ḏ-qnyw

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Yḥym and Mwdʿm, of the banū Lʾymm and
   2  Mhrrm, the ʾḥnkn, the ʾḏnynhn, laid the foundations
   3  and built the nṭʿt-building of ʿṯtr S²rqn, on the eastern side of the
   4  city of Ḥnn, for their safety and so that He may grant prosperity to them
   5  and to what they possess.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositHamburg, Museum für Völkerkunde, 31.300: 1621
Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 24, w. 39
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin. Conjectural
Modern siteUnknown (wādī al-Jawf)
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areawādī al-Jawf
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Mittwoch and Schlobies 1936: 291-293 n. 27Mittwoch, Eugen and Schlobies, Hans 1936. Altsüdarabische Inschriften im Hamburgischen Museum für Völkerkunde. Orientalia, 5: 1-34; 278-293; 349-357.