CIH 404
Calvet and Robin 1997: 152, cat. 75
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
1 [... ... hqnyw ʾlmq](h) bʿl Ms¹kt w-Yṯw Br[ʾn]
2 [... ...ʾ]zʾd s²mw l-ʾlmqh (b)-[q](d)[my ... ...]
3 [... ... b-ḫrf ...]rb bn Tbʿkrb bn F[ḍḥm ... ...]
4 [... ...] (f)rʿm w-kl ḏ-hrḍw-hmw [... ...]
5 [... ... w-ḥmdw ḫy](l) w-m(q)m ʾlmqhw b-ḏt[... ...]
| 1 | Ms¹kt, Yṯw, Brʿn see CIH 314/5, 21, 29. |
| 2 | b-qdmy [ḏt hqnytn or [ḏn ywmn are likely integrations. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ... they] dedicated to ʾlmqh, Master of Ms¹kt and Yṯw and Brʾn [... ...] 2 [... ...] ʾzʾd established for ʾlmqh before [... ...] 3 [... ...] in the year of [...]krb son of Tbʿkrb ibn Fḍḥm [... ...] 4 [... ...] firstfruits and all that satisfied them [... ...] 5 [... ...] and they praised the power and authority of ʾlmqh because [... ...]. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Paris, Louvre Museum, AO 7356 |
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 22, w. 22.5, th. 7.8 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-ʿAmāyid / ʿArsh Bilqīs |
| Ancient site | Brʾn |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl Ms¹kt w-Yṯw Brʾn |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Calvet and Robin 1997: 152, cat. 75 | Calvet, Yves and Robin, Christian J. 1997. Arabie heureuse. Arabie déserte. Les antiquités arabiques du Musée du Louvre. Avec la collaboration de Françoise Briquel-Chatonnet and Marielle Pic. Paris: Editions de la Réunion des musées nationaux. |