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CIH 553+CIH 554 CIH 553; CIH 554
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Boustrophedon | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Legal text |
TEXT
1 | w-kwn wṯn Ġrn bn ns¹rn T±ḫr l-ʾʾnf ʾrʿw± S¹qʾ ʾʾnf-hn bn ṣ—
2 lwt Ġrn ḏt ns¹r ±Tḫr w-kwn ʾrʿ[w]± |b-ʿbr S¹mt s¹ṭr b-ṣlwt Ġrn ḏ—
3 t ns¹r Tḫr b-mdfn ʿs¹nn |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Thus, the boundary of Ġrn was established in direction of Tḫr in front of ʾrʿw S¹qʾ ʾʾnf-hn (?) from the 2 landmark of Ġrn which lies in direction of Tḫr; and ʾrʿw was towards S¹mt; the inscription is on the landmark of Ġrn which lies 3 in direction of Tḫr on the side of ʿs¹nn. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | London, The British Museum, BM 125164=1883,0421.2 |
| Deposit | Paris, Louvre Museum, AO 7365 |
| Deposit | Unknown, Révoil collection, Révoil 10 (Private collection) |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 25, w. 70, th. 10.6 (BM 125164); h. 21, w. 40.2, th. 6 (AO 7365); h. 20, w. 43, th. 9 (Révoil 10) |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
Boundary stela.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Beeston 1937 a: 55-56 (CIH 553) | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1937. Sabaean inscriptions. Oxford. |
| Calvet and Robin 1997: 218-219 (CIH 554, photo) | 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. |