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CIH 356A
By kind permission of British Museum
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 3 (l. 1) | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 ʾlkrb Yhnʿm bn Hmtʿ[... ...]
2 Ẓbyn nfs¹-hw w-ʾḏn-hw w-k[l ... ...]
3 bny S¹mhʾfq w-Yhʿn bn Ns²(ḥ)[... ...]
4 w-ʾs¹dm w-Qs¹dm [y]wm hwf(y)[... ...]
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾlkrb Yhnʿm, of the family Hmtʿ [... ....] 2 Ẓbyn his person, his faculy and all [... ...] 3 sons of S¹mhʾfq and Yhʿn, ibn Ns²ḥ[... ...] 4 and ʾs¹dm and Qs¹qm when He granted [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | London, The British Museum, BM 125143=1887,0629.31 |
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with framework |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 26.2, w. 33, th. 10.5 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ṣirwāḥ-Arḥab |
| Ancient site | Mdrm |
| Geographical area | Arḥab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |