CSAI

Corpus of Sabaic Inscriptions (work in progress)

DASI

CIH 172+CIH 241


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodD
Date(c230-253 AD)
Textual typologyConstruction text - fragmentary

GENERAL NOTES

CIH 172 comes from Ḥāz, CIH 241 was found at Bait Ġufr. The two fragments were joined together by Mordtmann and Mittwoch. Our edition follows Jamme's arrangement of the text.

TEXT


   1  [... ...]nm w-bny-hmw S²rḥm
   2  Yhḥ[m]d bnw Btʿ ʾbʿl[ ... ... w-hs²]±qrn ms³wd byt-hmw Ġyl—
   3  n b-[ʿ]ṯtr w-Hbs¹ w-b-ʾl—
   4  [mqh ... ... w-mnḍ]±ḥ-hmw bʿl Wklm w-b-S²ms¹-hmw bʿ[l]t Myfʿ b-rdʾ w-[... ... ʾ]±ls²rḥ Yḥḍb w-Yʾzl Byn m[lk]—
   5  y S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn w-s²ʿb-hmw[ ... ...]

Apparatus
2ʾbʿl [Wklm brʾw w-hs²]qrn (Jamme).
4w-[mqm mrʾy-hmw (Jamme).
5At the end s²ʿb-hmw [Wklm (Jamme).

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 18, w. 60 (CIH 172).
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteḤāz
Ancient siteḤzym
Geographical areaHamdān
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
Archaeological contextUrban context: Private house Ḍyln
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 60-61Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1931. Sabäische Inschriften. Rathjens-v. Wissmannsche Südarabischen-Reise. 1. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter.
Jamme 1962 a: 313-314Jamme, Albert W.F. 1962. Sabaean Inscriptions from Maḥram Bilqîs (Mârib). (Publications of the American Foundation for the Study of Man, 3). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press.