CIH 151+CIH 152 Ry 309+Ry 310; RES 5011 A+RES 5011 B
Robin 1982 a: pl. 54
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Late Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Relief | ||
| Measure of letters | 11.5; 11 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [... ...]t ʾ(ḥṣ)n w-bn-hw S²rḥʾl b±nw Mrṯdm w-Qyḥn br[ʾw ... ...]
2 [... ... ]mkrbn l-wfy-hmw w-ḫmr-hmw ʾln ± bry ʾʾḏnm w-mqymtm [... ...]
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...]t ʾḥṣn and his son S²rḥʾl banū Mrṯdm and Qyḥn built [... ...] 2 [... ...] the temple for their prosperity and in order for ʾln to give them health of faculties and material resources [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | CIH 151: h. 32, w. 50; CIH 152: h. 31, w. 35 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | ʿAmrān |
| Ancient site | ʿmrn |
| Geographical area | ʿAmrān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Notes | The inscription probably comes from a religious context. |
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| Modern site | Najr |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | ʿAmrān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
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CULTURAL NOTES
See Ja 856 on the term mkrbn.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Ryckmans, Gonzague 1939 a: 112 | Ryckmans, Gonzague 1939. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Cinquième série. Le Muséon, 52: 51-112. |
| Robin 1982 a: ii, 87-89, pl. 54 | Robin, Christian J. 1982. Les hautes-terres du Nord-Yémen avant l'Islam. (2 vols), (Uitgaven van het Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut te Istanbul, 50). Istanbul: Nederlands Historisch-Archaelogisch Instituut te Istanbul. |
| Gajda 1997: 162 | Gajda, Iwona 1997. Ḥimyar gagné par le monothéisme (IVe-VIe siècle de l'ère chrétienne). Ambitions et ruine d'un royaume de l'Arabie méridionale antique. (Université d'Aix-en-Provence). |