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as-Sawdāʾ 55 RES 4668


Eugen Mittwoch and Hans Schlobies
Mittwoch and Schlobies 1936: 353, n. 32

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

TEXT

marker


   1  [ʾw](s¹)ʾl w-bny-hw Mʾw(s¹)[ ... ...]—
   2  [.]-hmw Whbm w-Lḥyʿṯt [... ...]—
   3  [..]m bn Gdnm qnyw w-[... ...]
   4  [..]ḏn qbrn Ḥrb w-kl f[... ...]
   5  [mw]ṯrm ʿdy s²qrm b-gnʾ [... ...]
   6  [b-W]dm w-ʾrnydʿ w-rṯ[d ... ...]

Apparatus
1[ʾw]s¹ʾl (RES); at the end of the line, possibly Mʾws¹[n too.
3[ʾd]m (RES).

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  ʾws¹ʾl and his sons Mʾws¹ [... ...]
   2  their [... ...], Whbm and Lḥyʿṯt [... ...]
   3  [..]. of the banū Gdnm, acquired and [... ...]
   4  [..] this tomb Ḥrb and all [... ...]
   5  from foundation to top in the wall [... ...]
   6  by Wdm and ʾrnydʿ; and they committed [... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositHamburg, Museum für Völkerkunde, 31.300: 1617
Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 33, w. 32
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance. Conjectural
Modern siteas-Sawdāʾ
Ancient siteNs²n
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī al-Buhayra
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextFunerary context: Tomb Ḥrb
NotesThe provenance of the stone inscription is deduced for the quote in the text of the name of god ʾrnydʿ, attested only in this city.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Mittwoch and Schlobies 1936: 353-354, n. 32Mittwoch, Eugen and Schlobies, Hans 1936. Altsüdarabische Inschriften im Hamburgischen Museum für Völkerkunde. Orientalia, 5: 1-34; 278-293; 349-357.
Avanzini 1995: 180-181, pl. 37/bAvanzini, Alessandra 1995. As-Sawdāʾ. Inventaire des inscriptions sudarabiques. 4. Paris: de Boccard / Rome: Herder. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres; Istituto italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente]