CIH 160
Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 108, fig. 81
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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 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 [... ...]-hm[w ... ...]
2 [... ... b]nw Zhrm hq[nyw ... ...]
3 [Tʾl]b Rymm bʿl S²ṣ[r]m ḏn
4 [ṣlmn] ḥ[g]-n w[q]h Tʾ[l]b ʿ[bd]-
5 [h]w [...]r b-ms¹ʾl-hw ḥ[m]—
6 [d]m b-[ḏ]t hwfy-hw b-[k]l ʾ—
7 [m]lʾ-s¹tmlʾ b-ʿm-hw w-l [s¹ʿd]-
8 [h]mw ḥ[ẓ]ym w-mn[g]t ṣdqm [w]-
9 [rḍ]w ʾmrʾ-hmw bny Bt[ʿ w]-
10 [s²ʿ]b-hmw Ḥm[l]m w-l s¹ʿd-hm[w ʾ]—
11 [ṯmr] ṣdqm [ʿd]y ʾrḍ-hmw [w-ʾ]—
12 s¹rr-hmw w-[ms²ym]t-hmw |
| Reading after Mordtmann and Mittwoch. CIH gives a slightly different reading with also some variations in the arrangement of the text: | |
| 1-2 | ḏ-S¹ṭr w-ʾḫy-hw w-b]ny-hmw ʾḥs²dn. |
| 2 | hq[ny s²ym-hmw. |
| 4-5 | ʿ[bd-hw ḏ-S¹]ṭr. |
| 8 | mnlt (both CIH and Mo-Mi). |
| 10 | Ḥs²d[m]. |
| 11-12 | w-mrʿyt-h]mw. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] 2 [... ...] descendants of Zhrm dedicated 3 to Tʾlb Rymm Master of S²ṣrm this 4 statue, as Tʾlb had ordered His servant 5 [...]r in His oracle, in praise 6 because He gratified him with all the 7 favours he sought from Him, and may He grant 8 them goodwill and good luck and 9 the satisfaction of their lords the banū Btʿ 10 and their tribe Ḥmlm, and may He grant them perfect 11 crops in their lands and their 12 cultivated areas. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ḥāz |
| Ancient site | Ḥzym |
| Geographical area | Hamdān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Tʾlb Rymm bʿl S²ṣrm |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 108-109 (facsimile) | Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1931. Sabäische Inschriften. Rathjens-v. Wissmannsche Südarabischen-Reise. 1. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter. |