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CIH 270
Robin 1982 a: ii, pl. 61; CIH: i/iii, 283
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
GENERAL NOTES
| CIH proposed to consider CIH 270 and CIH 271 as fragments of the same inscription, but this hypothesis is most likely to be rejected on the palaeographical basis, cf. r and m. |
TEXT
1 [... ...](b)n Ḥywm R(t)[ʿ] bn ʿmrtʿ hq(nyw) [N]ws²m
| 1 | Robin's reading. CIH: hqn(y) [N]ws²m, as in fact there seem not to be enough space to read the w, the separator and the n. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 28, w. 92 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ruwaʾ |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | al-Sawd |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Robin 1982 a: ii, 96-97, pl. 61 | Robin, Christian J. 1982. Les hautes-terres du Nord-Yémen avant l'Islam. (2 vols), (Uitgaven van het Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut te Istanbul, 50). Istanbul: Nederlands Historisch-Archaelogisch Instituut te Istanbul. |