CIH 149
Rathjens 1953: 111, fig. 120 (facsimile)
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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 |
| Textual typology | Construction text - fragmentary |
GENERAL NOTES
| Inscription written on two fragments. CIH reports a provenance from Shibām Bayt ʾAqyān, but Rathjens saw the stone at Ṭawīla. Chronology possibly of period C. |
TEXT
[... ...—
1 ]w w-[.]qb w-qy[.]n w-[..]wn k(l) [... ...]
2 b-mqm S²ms¹-[h]mw w-mnḍḥ-hm[w ... ...]—
3 yn w-Ġrbn b[n] kl mhbʾs¹m [... ...]
| 0-1 | hnb]ṭw w-nqb w-qyḍn w-ḥẓwn kl [ʾbrʾn (Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 20); [br]ʾw w-hqb w-qy[f]n b-Ṣrwḥ kl [mḥfdt (CIH). |
| 2-3 | w-mnḍḥ-hm[w w-rṯdw ʿṯtr S²rqn mbn]yn w-Ġrbn b[n] kl mhbʾs¹m (CIH). |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 25, w. 35 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ṭawīla |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Shibām-Kawkabān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Rathjens 1953: 111, fig. 20 | Rathjens, 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. |
| Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931 | Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1931. Sabäische Inschriften. Rathjens-v. Wissmannsche Südarabischen-Reise. 1. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter. |