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CIH 371 RES 647
Calvet and Robin 1997: 223, cat. 141
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Boustrophedon | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
GENERAL NOTES
| Palaeographically between A and B periods. |
TEXT
1 [... ... ʾ]bʾmr ḏ-Lḫdm ʿs¹y (w)-[... ...]
2 [... ...]rbʿ kl s²lṯ mbḥr-(h)[w ... ...]
3 [... ...]-hw ṯʿd Rʾs¹hm[w ... ...]
4 [... ... b]n ẓllm ḏ-qny ʿmʾ[mr ... ...]
5 [... ...ḥ](w)lm b-ʾlmqh |
| 1 | likely to be integrated w-[bny. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Paris, Louvre Museum, AO 1534 |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 22.3, w. 33, th. 10.4 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context |
| Notes | According to Robin, the words rbʿ, mbḥr, ẓll and ḥwl refer to structural parts of a grave (cf. RES 3954, RES 3955). |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Calvet and Robin 1997: 222-223, cat. 141 | Calvet, 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. |