CIH 131
CIH: i/iii, 197
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic |
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Writing technique | Incision |
| Textual typology | Legal text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 kn hṯ[b ]w-h[ḥr ʿms²f]q Kb[r] ʾqynm w-[... ...]
2 ʾtmt-hmw [... ... w-b-kn] tḥbr[w] ʿms²fq w-ʾqyn S²bm w-k[l] ʾn—
3 ṯtm b-[ʾbyt] ʾqyn S²bm [...]wn w-ʾwld-hmw bnw Rʾb[n] w-ws³—
4 qt w-[....]t [ʾ]bʿl-hn w-l-b-ḏ-[h]n l-yhʾtyn [ʾ]bʿ[l]-hn ʾnṯtm [ʾ]wld yh—
5 wldn bn-hn b-hgr-S²bm b-ṯġr w-b-ʾbyt S¹bʾyn b-qdm ḥ[... ... ]—
6 rw b-ṯġ[r ]w-b mḥmyt gw-[h]mw w-[s²]ʿ[b-h]mw ʾqynm b-[t]ḥt
7 [... ...]
| CIH's reading. The facsimile is very approximate. | |
| 1 | [b]-kn (CIH). |
| 4 | [mkbb]t (CIH). |
| 5-6 | f-ṣw]rw (CIH). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 So decreed and ordained ʿms²fq (of) Kbr ʾqynm and [... ...] 2 their agreement [... ...] ? ʿms²fq and the ʾqyn of Shibām and all the 3 women in the families of the ʾqyn of Shibām ... and their sons the banū Rʾbn, and ? 4 and ? of their husbands, and so that, regarding those (women), may their husbands give (those) women children generated 5 with them in the city of Shibām, within the borders (?) and in the Sabaean families before [... ...] 6 .. within the borders (?) and in the fields of their community and their tribe ʾqynm under the authority 7 [... ...]. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h.16, w. 60 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Shibām-Kawkabān |
| Ancient site | S²bm |
| Geographical area | al-Maḥwīt |
| Country | Yemen |
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