CIH 401
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
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1 [ʿlhn Nhfn w-bny-hw S²ʿrm ʾwtr mlky] S¹bʾ bn(y )(Y)rm ʾymn mlk S¹bʾ [... ...]
2 [... ... ḏ]n ṣlmn ḥg-n wqh b-ms¹ʾl-hw l-[... ...]
3 [... ...]ʾ[..] ṣr(yt)-[hmw] b-Brʾn b-[... ...]
4 [... ...]w-w[k](b)w (ṣ)ryt-hmw b-(ḏ)[n ... ...]
5 [... ...]ʾl ʾlmqh b-ʿm ḏt [... ...]
6 [... ...]t ṣryt-hmw b-ḏn ḫrfn [... ...]
7 [... ...] w-Krbʿṯt Ḥnnyn ʾs¹y b[... ...]
8 [... ...]t s¹tṭʿw ʿbr-n-hw w-ḥmdm (b)-[ḏt ... ...]
| 0-2 | Ryckmans restores l.1: [ʿlhn w-bny-hw S²ʿrm mlky] and l.2: [hqnyy ʾlmqh bʿl Brʾn ḏ]n, implying that there is not a missing line 0, nor a missing left part of the stone. Jamme, on the base of the parallels CIH 308 and CIH 693, restores the complete proper names and suggests that a line 0 should have mentioned the rent collectors of l. 7, as they probably were the authors of the inscription. We have restored the royal names in l. 1, although it is possible, as Jamme shows, that they originally were in the previous line. |
| 1-2 | [hqny ʾlmqh bʿl Brʾn (CIH). |
| 4 | b-ḏ[n ḫrfn ... ...] (CIH). |
| 5 | s¹]ʾl (CIH). |
| 6 | kwn]t (CIH). |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Istanbul, Ancient Orient Museum, 7473 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 31.8, w. 27.5, th. 11.5 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-ʿAmāyid / ʿArsh Bilqīs |
| Ancient site | Brʾn |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple Brʾn |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Ryckmans, Jacques 1951 b: 133 | Ryckmans, Jacques 1951. Yarim Ayman II, roi de Saba (CIH 308, 328, 401 et 693). Le Muséon, 64: 133-150. |
| Jamme 1962 a: 291-292 | Jamme, 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. |