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RES 4673
Eugen Mittwoch and Hans Schlobies
Mittwoch and Schlobies 1937: 84, n. 35
Mittwoch and Schlobies 1937: 84, n. 35
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Raised | ||
| Execution technique | Casting | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 Krbh w-bny-hw↯ Lḥ↯y(ʿ)t (w)-
2 S²fʿṯt bny Ḫ↯[.]ḏm hqny
3 l-mrʾ-hw ʿṯtr↯ ḏ-S³nḥ l-
4 [w](fy)-(hmw w)-[... ...]
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Krbh and his sons Lḥyʿt and 2 S²fʿṯt, of the banū Ḫ[.]ḏm, dedicated 3 to his Lord ʿṯtr ḏ-S³nḥ for 4 their safety and [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Hamburg, Museum für Völkerkunde, 31.300: 1895 |
| Support type | Artefact » Plaque » With framework |
| Material | Bronze |
| Dimensions | h. 7, w. 11.5, th. max. 3, th. min. 2 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
ʿṯtr ḏ-S³nḥ is the chief god of the Maytamum tribe, which settled in the territory east of Dhamār.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Mittwoch and Schlobies 1937: 83-84, n. 35 | Mittwoch, Eugen and Schlobies, Hans 1937. Altsüdarabischen Inschriften im Hamburgischen Museum für Völkerkunde. Orientalia, 6: 83-100, 222-233, 305-316. |