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CIH 413 RES 645


Calvet and Robin 1997: 226, cat. 144

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionBoustrophedon
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodA

TEXT

marker


      [... ...]
   1  [... ... ḫm](s¹)y w-s²lṯ mʾm w-s¹dṯt ʾlf—
   2  m /6350/ w-hwfy ʿ(ṯ)[tr ... ...]
   3  [... ...]h ʿms²fq w-mṣr-hw w-yhfṭ—
   4  nn w-rʾs¹ kl ʾlt b-m ʾḥd[... ...]

Apparatus
1mʾm is a broken plural of mʾt used in ancient SAB (Stein 2003 a: 107).
3See CIH 615/2 for ʿms²fq (Robin).
4b-m shows the short form of the middle SAB particle -mw (Stein 2003 a: 228-229).

TRANSLATIONS

English

      [... ...]
   1  [... ...] six thousand three hundred
   2  and fifty; and ʿṯtr granted [... ...]
   3  [... ...] to ʿms²fq and his army; and he made
   4  and directed all those things in one [... ...].
3-4"et il concéda chacun de ceux-ci et plaça à leur tête dans cet unique ..." (Robin).

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositParis, Louvre Museum, AO 1537
Support typeArtefact » Stela » Stela with framework
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 29, w. 48.7, th. 6.5
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaUnknown
CountryUnknown
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Calvet and Robin 1997: 226-227, cat. 144Calvet, Yves and Robin, Christian J. 1997. Arabie heureuse. Arabie déserte. Les antiquités arabiques du Musée du Louvre. Avec la collaboration de Françoise Briquel-Chatonnet and Marielle Pic. Paris: Editions de la Réunion des musées nationaux.
Stein 2003 aStein, Peter 2003. Untersuchungen zur Phonologie und Morphologie des Sabäischen. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 3). Rahden: Marie Leidorf GmbH / Westf.: Marie Leidorf GmbH.