CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT


   1  [Lḥy]ṯt ʾ[... ...]
   2  [... ...]bny-hmw ʾ[... ...]
   3  [.] bnw Zhrm ʾḫw [... ...]—
   4  m bny Btʿ hqnyw
   5  [ʾ]lmqh bʿl ʿrn ḏn
   6  mkntn ʿmdn ʿd[y ʾ]—
   7  rḍt-hmw S¹w[... ...]—
   8  n [w]-ḏ-ʾḫbbn l-w—
   9  fy-hmw w-l-s¹ʿ[d-h]—
  10  mw ʾṯmr ṣd[qm]
  11  [ʿ]dy ʾrḍ-hm[w b]-
  12  ʾlmqh [bʿl ʿrn]

Apparatus
CIH integrates:
1-2w-ʾḫy-hw w].
2-3ʾ[ḥs²dn].
3-4w-ʾd]m.
7S³w[m w-S³hrt]n.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Lḥyṯt ʾ[... ...]
   2  [... ...] their son ʾ[... ...]
   3  . descendants of Zhrm, allies [and vassals]
   4  of the banū Btʿ dedicated
   5  to ʾlmqh Master of ʿrn this
   6  agricultural estate ʿmdn in their
   7  lands S¹w[... ...]
   8  . and ḏ-ʾḫbbn for their
   9  safety and so that He may grant
  10  them good crops
  11  in their land, by
  12  ʾlmqh Master of ʿrn.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteBayt Ghufr
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaHamdān
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple ʾlmqh bʿl ʿrn
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