CIH 307
Mordtmann 1893: pl. IV/2689
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
GENERAL NOTES
| Text palaeographically between periods A and B. |
TEXT
1 ʿms²bm bn Gns¹ ḏ-ʿ—
2 ṣmm hqny Tʾlb n—
3 fs¹-hw w-wld-hw w-
4 qny-hw |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʿms²bm son of Gns¹ of 2 ʿṣmm dedicated to Tʾlb 3 himself, his children and 4 his properties |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Berlin, Altes Museum (formerly Königlisches Museum), 2689 |
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with framework |
| Top | Concave |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 49, w. 42 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | ʿUṣām |
| Ancient site | ʿṣmm |
| Geographical area | Arḥab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Mordtmann 1893: pl. IV | Mordtmann, Johannes H. 1893. Himjarische Inschriften und Alterthümer in den königlichen Museen zu Berlin. (Mitteilungen aus den orientalischen Sammlungen, 7). Berlin: W. Spemann. |