CIH 291
Mordtmann 1893: pl. IV/2688
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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 |
TEXT
1 [... ...](w)-ʾkry w-mgzʿt[.]—
2 [... ...] (s²ʿbn ḏ)-(h)grn ʾknṭ bltn
3 [... ...]bny Hmdn w-mn-(m)w ḏ-ys²ʾmn
4 [... ...]bn s¹twṯqn w-s¹tzʾdn blt—
5 [n ... ...]Hmdn f-l yḫbn bn s²rʿ-hw w-
6 [... ...]m w-ms²m w-krf w-ʾbʾr ys²(ʾm)
7 [... ...]dbrn w-s¹tṯwbn f-l ygbʾn l-bʿl-h—
8 [... ...]ʾns¹n ḏ-hwḥbw f-l yḫbn bn (s²r)—
9 [ʿ-hw ... ... w-]mn-mw ʾns¹m ḏ-yhwḥbn w-hrʾbn w-
10 [... ...]ʾw [...]zʾd(m) f-l (y)—
11 [... ...]
| 3 | w-mnʿw (Mordtmann); the correction w-mn-(m)w is suggested by Nebes 1995: 64 (to see also for the translation of ll. 3, 8-11). |
| 8 | [w-...]ʾns¹n ḏ-yhwḥbw. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Berlin, Altes Museum (formerly Königlisches Museum), 2688 |
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 38, w. 42 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Jabal Thanīn |
| Ancient site | Ṯnyn |
| Geographical area | Rayda |
| Country | Yemen |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Mordtmann 1893: pl. IV | Mordtmann, Johannes H. 1893. Himjarische Inschriften und Alterthümer in den königlichen Museen zu Berlin. (Mitteilungen aus den orientalischen Sammlungen, 7). Berlin: W. Spemann. |
| Nebes 1995 a | Nebes, Norbert 1995. Die Konstruktionen mit /fa-/ im Altsüdarabischen. Syntaktische und epigraphische Untersuchungen. (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission, 40). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. |