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RES 4988 Ry 282


Carl Rathjens
Rathjens 1953: 29, fig. 15

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary (conjectural)

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ...]n tʾtmw ʾqwln w-ʾs¹ʿ(b)-hmw b-hgrn
   2  [... ...] w-ṯmn mʾn ʾs¹dm w-tqdmw w-hs¹ḥtn-hmw
   3  [... ... s²ʿ]b-hmw (Bk)lm w-l s¹ʿd-hmw ḥẓy w-rḍw mr—
   4  [ʾ-hmw ... ...]ttn w-s²ym-hmw ʿṯtr-w-ʾlw (Zʿ)ln

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...] the ʾqwln and their tribes were mustered in the city
   2  [... ...] and eight hundred men and they confronted and defeated them
   3  [... ...] their tribe Bklm. And may He grant them the goodwill and the satisfaction of their lord
   4  [... ...] their Patron ʿṯtr and the ʾlw Zʿln.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 20, w. 50
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteʿAmrān
Ancient siteʿmrn
Geographical areaʿAmrān
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
NotesThe stone inscription is reemployed in a rampart.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Ryckmans, Gonzague 1939 a: 100-102, 101 (facsimile)Ryckmans, Gonzague 1939. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Cinquième série. Le Muséon, 52: 51-112.
Rathjens 1953: i, 29, fig. 15Rathjens, Carl 1953. Sabaeica. Bericht über die archäologischen Ergebnisse seiner zweiten, dritten und vierten Reise nach Südarabien. I. Teil. Der Reisebericht. (Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Völkerkunde in Hamburg, 24). Hamburg: Kommissionsverlag Ludwig Appel.
Höfner 1966: iii, 13-14, n. 5Höfner, 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..