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CIH 432
By kind permission of British Museum
By kind permission of British Museum
By kind permission of British Museum
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 9.5, 4.8, 2.8 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Legal text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [... ... b](n)w ḏ-Nʿmn ʾdm ḏ-Rymn bn[... ...]
2 [... ...]rṯd-hw ʿṯtr ḏ-Ḏbn w-ʾlmq[h ... ...]
3 [... ... H]wfʿṯt bn ʿṯtln w-Lḥyʿṯt ḏ-S²rʿn w-ʾ[... ...]
4 [... ...]ys²-hw w-ʾʿrm-hw w-ʾrḍy-[hw ... ...]
5 [... ...]nm bʿm f-ʾl s¹ʾl ʾys¹m ʾḫ-(h)[w ... ...]
6 [... ...]w ḏ-Yhẓmnn bn ḏn s²ʾmn w-kwn ḏn (q)[yfn ... ...]
| 3-6 | between the lines 3-6 there is the word s¹lmn in relief and in larger letters. |
| 5 | at the beginning [... ...]ʿn rbʿm (CIH). |
| 6 | ḏ-yhymnn (CIH). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] banū ḏ-Nʿmn, subjects ḏ-Rymn, banū [... ...] 2 [... ...] he entrusted him to the protection of ʿṯtr ḏ-Ḏbn and of ʾlmq[h ... ...] 3 [... ... H]wfʿṯt ibn ʿṯtln and Lḥyʿṯt ḏ-S²rʿn and [... ...] 4 [... ...] his dams and his lands [... ...] 5 [... ...] a four year old victim (?) and don't ask each other [... ...] 6 [... ...] which is southward from this north; and the stela took place [... ...] |
| 6 | "... qu'il s'étende sur la gauche ou qu'il s'étende sur la droite de ce s²ʾm (?) ..." Robin 2013: 130. |
| Robin 2013 | Robin, Christian J. 2013. À propos de Ymnt et Ymn: « nord » et « sud », « droite » et « gauche », dans les inscriptions de l'Arabie antique. Pages 119-140 in Françoise Briquel-Chatonnet, Catherine Fauveaud and Iwona Gajda (eds). Entre Carthage et l’Arabie heureuse. Mélanges offerts à François Bron. (Orient & Méditerranée, 12). Paris: de Boccard. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | London, The British Museum, BM 125130=1872,0619.3 |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 27.4, w. 59.5, th. 9.8 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
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