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CIH 355


Mordtmann 1893: pl. VI/2678

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodB
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

GENERAL NOTES

Text linguistically still in Ancient Sabaic period (at l. 4 the "n" is not assimilated; Stein 2003 a: 21).

TEXT

marker


   1  [.](b)s¹mʿ w-bn-hw M[.]—
   2  [.]krb bny Mrḥn r—
   3  ṯdy Tʾlb b-Gdd(n)
   4  ʾnfs¹-h[m]y w-ʾʾḏ—
   5  [n]-hmy b-ḏt wkb
   6  [... ...]

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [.]bs¹mʿ and his son M[.]‒
   2  [.]krb descendants of Mrḥn
   3  committed to Tʾlb at Gddn
   4  their lives and their
   5  faculties because they (or: He?) received
   6  [... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositBerlin, Altes Museum (formerly Königlisches Museum), 2678
Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 23, w. 24
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaUnknown
CountryUnknown
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of Tʾlb Rymm bʿl Gddn
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Mordtmann 1893: 26, pl. VIMordtmann, Johannes H. 1893. Himjarische Inschriften und Alterthümer in den königlichen Museen zu Berlin. (Mitteilungen aus den orientalischen Sammlungen, 7). Berlin: W. Spemann.
Stein 2003 a: 21Stein, Peter 2003. Untersuchungen zur Phonologie und Morphologie des Sabäischen. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 3). Rahden: Marie Leidorf GmbH / Westf.: Marie Leidorf GmbH.