CIH 408
Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 212
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||||
| Measure of letters | 1.5 | ||||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 S¹ʿdlt ʾwk(n) w-(S²rḥm)
2 w-Rbbm w-Klbm b(n)w
3 Tzʾd hqnyw s²ym-hmw
4 ʾlmqh Ṯhwn bʿl R—
5 ṯwn ḏn ṯwrn w-mʿlṣ-
6 hw l-ḏt (ḫ)mr-hmw ḥ—
7 ẓy (mrʾy)-(hm){y}[w] S²ʿr[m]
8 ʾwtr w-Ḥyw[ʿṯt](r)( )(Yḍ)[ʿ]
9 mlky S¹bʾ w-[ḏ-Ryd]n [w]-
10 (b)-ḏt ḫmr (ʿ)b(d)-[hw] (S²r)ḥ—
11 m h(y)hr w-frʿ b-mʿlṣ—
12 tn [b]-(m)wṭ(n)-hmw Ġym—
13 (n)( w)-(ḫmr)-(hm)[w bry] ʾʾḏn-
14 (hmw w)-(g)yb-hmw b(n) [..]ḍ[.]
15 [... ...]ʾlmq<h> bʿl R(ṯ)[wn]
| 12 | Mordtmann and Mittwoch read distinctly b-mwṭn-hmw. |
| 14-15 | (bn)-ḍw[n wyn-hmw b]-ʾlmq[h] bʿl Rṯ[wy] (CIH); bn <b>-nḍʿ w-[s²ṣy s²nʾm b]-ʾlmq(h) (Mordtmann and Mittwoch). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 S¹ʿdlt ʾwkn and S²rḥm, 2 Rbbm and Klbm, of the family 3 Tzʾd, dedicated to their patron 4 ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Master of 5 Rṯwn, this bull and his crops, 6 because He granted them 7 the goodwill of their two lords S²ʿrm 8 ʾwtr and Ḥywʿṯtr Yḍʿ, 9 the two kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, and 10 because he granted His servant S²rḥm 11 to win success and the firstfruits in the 12 croplands in their field Ġymn, 13 and granted them the prosperity of their faculties 14 and protected them against [... ...] 15 [... ...] ʾlmqh, Master of Rṯwn. |
| 5 | "diesen Stier und seinen Treiber (Mordtmann and Mittwoch); "diesen Stier und den, der ihn angreift" (Rhodokanakis). |
| 10-12 | Rhodokanakis: "weil er (der Gott) beschenkt hat seinen Diener S²rḥm mit Ungestüm und höchster Leistung im Kampf auf ihrem Schlachtfeld Ġymn". |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Berlin, Staatliche Museen, VA 3489 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 32, w. 19 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh Ṯhwn bʿl Rṯwy |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 211-220 | Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1931. Sabäische Inschriften. Rathjens-v. Wissmannsche Südarabischen-Reise. 1. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter. |
| Rhodokanakis 1936: 74-76 | Rhodokanakis, Nikolaus 1936. Zur Interpretation Altsüdarabischer Inschriften I. Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, 43: 21-76. |