CIH 105
Jamme 1976: pl. 18
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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 | 3.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 [... ...]m ʾḥmd bn Mḫtʿm hqny ʿṯtr [bʿl]
2 mḏbḥ ʿrn Ḍnʾn ḏn ṣ(l)mn ḥg-n wqh-hw
3 [b]-ms¹ʾl-hw k-l y<h>qnyn-hw ṣlmm l-wfy brw-hw
4 [L](ḥ)yʿṯtr w-l s¹ʿ(d)-hmw nʿmtm w-wfym w-ʾl[wd]—
5 [m] ʾḏkrm hnʾm w-ʾṯmr ṣdqm b-ʿṯtr S²r(qn)
| 1 | Letter ḫ reversed. |
| 3 | Emendation suggested by Stein (2003 a: 38 fn. 174). |
| 4 | To be noted the use of ʾlwdm instead of the regular ʾwldm (see CIH 104: 11), to be interpreted as an exception or an epigraphic mistake (Stein 2003 a: 36 and fn. 149). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [....]m ʾḥmd son of Mḫtʿm dedicated to ʿṯtr, Master of 2 the sacrificial place of the fortress Ḍnʾn this statue, as He had ordered him 3 in His oracle, i.e. to give Him a statue for the safety of his son L- 4 ḥyʿṯtr. And may He grant them prosperity and safety and male (and) healthy 5 children and perfect crops; by ʿṯtr S²rqn. |
| "for the safety of his intendant" (Jamme). |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 22, w. 48 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Jabal Ḍīn |
| Ancient site | Ḍnʾn |
| Geographical area | ʿAmrān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʿṯtr bʿl mḏbḥ Ḍnʾn |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1976: 121-122, pl. 18 (facsimile) | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1976. Carnegie Museum 1974-75 Yemen Expedition. (Special Publication, 2). Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. |
| Stein 2003 a | Stein, Peter 2003. Untersuchungen zur Phonologie und Morphologie des Sabäischen. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 3). Rahden: Marie Leidorf GmbH / Westf.: Marie Leidorf GmbH. |