CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


CIH: i/iv, pl. XXXVII

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT


   1  [... ...](m)d[... ...]—
   2  (r)n w-Ns²ʾkrb w-ʾ[... ...]
   3  w-Krbʿṯt Yrḥb w-bn-h(m)w[ ..]—
   4  (d)n w-Ḫlbn w-Whbʾwm w-Yh[.]—
   5  (m) bnw Ddn hqnyw s²ym-hm(w)
   6  Tʾlb Rymm bʿl Ḫḍʿtn ḏ-(h)[g]—
   7  rn ʾknṭ ṣlmn ḥg-n s¹twkl-(h)—
   8  w l-wfy-hmw w-wfy bny-hmw (w)-[l w]—
   9  (z)ʾ s¹ʿd-hmw ʾwldm hnʾm w-(n)[ʿm]—
  10  (tm) w-bry ʾʾḏnm w-mqymt[m w]-
  11  (ʾ)ṯmrm w-ʾfqlm hnʾm ʿd(y)[ ʾ]—
  12  rḍ-hmw w-ms²ymt-hmw w-l wḍʿ
  13  (ḍ)r-hmw w-s²nʾ-hmw w-l-ṣd(q)-(h)[m]—
  14  w Tʾlb ʾmlʾ s¹tml(ʾ)[w b-ʿm-hw]

Apparatus
1Brg Yḥ]md [w-bny-hw Nm (CIH).
2w-ʾl[2rḥ (CIH).
2-3Gdn (CIH).
3-4w-Yhrm (CIH).

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...]
   2  and Ns²ʾkrb and [... ...]
   3  and Krbʿṯt Yrḥb and their sons [....]
   4  and Ḫlbn and Whbʾwm and Yh[.]m
   5  banu Ddn dedicated to their Patron
   6  Tʾlb Rymm Lord of Ḫʿtn of the town
   7  ʾknṭ the statue in respect of what they sought from Him
   8  for their safety and the safety of their sons and for that He may continue
   9  to grant them healthy children and prosperity
  10  of faculties and material resources and
  11  sound crops and harvest in their lands
  12  and their fields and may He humiliate
  13  their war and their enemies and may Tʾlb fulfil
  14  to them the favours they sought from Him.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositIstanbul, Ancient Orient Museum, 7478
Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 60, w. 35
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteKāniṭ
Ancient siteʾknṭ
Geographical areaArhab
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of Tʾlb Rymm bʿl Ḫḍʿtn
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