CIH 1
By kind permission of K. Noman
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||||
| Writing technique | Cast | ||||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
TEXT
1 Whbʿṯt Yfd w-b±ny-hw Rṯdṯwn ʾ—
2 zʾd w-Hwfʿṯt Y±hs²ʿ w-Whbʾwm Y—
3 rḥb w-S¹ʿdṯwn b±nw Gdnm s²mw m—
4 ṣrʿy fnwt ṣr±ḥt-hmw Tfḍ b-mq—
5 m mrʾ-hmw Krbʾ±l Wtr Yhnʿm ml—
6 k S¹bʾ bn Whbʾ±(l)( )(Y)ḥz mlk S¹bʾ
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Whbʿṯt Yfd and his sons Rṯdṯwn ʾ- 2 zʾd, Hwfʿṯt Yhs²ʿ, Whbʾwm Y- 3 rḥb and S¹ʿdṯwn, descendants of Gdnm, did set the two door 4 leaves before (or: in front of) their ṣrḥt (?) Tfḍ, by the power 5 of their lord Krbʾl Wtr Yhnʿm, king 6 of Sabaʾ, son of Whbʾl Yḥz, king of Sabaʾ. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Plaque » With framework |
| Material | Bronze |
| Measures | h. 40, w. 50 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ṣanʿāʾ |
| Ancient site | Ṣnʿw |
| Geographical area | Sanʿāʾ |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Archaeological context | Urban context: Private house Tfḍ |
| Notes | According to CIH this inscription, which is now reemployed in the Ṣanʿāʾ's Great Mosque, may come from the royal palace Gumdan. However, as also stated by Mordtmann and Mittwoch: the certain provenance remains unknown. |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 187-188 (photo) | Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1931. Sabäische Inschriften. Rathjens-v. Wissmannsche Südarabischen-Reise. 1. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter. |
| Beeston 1937 a: 1 | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1937. Sabaean inscriptions. Oxford. |
| CIH | 1889-1930. Inscriptiones Himyariticas et Sabaeas Continens. CIS, Corpus inscriptionum semiticarum ab Academia Inscriptionum et Litterarum Humaniorum conditum atque digestum. (3 vols), Paris: Imprimerie nationale. [Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres.] |