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CIH 389


By kind permission of British Museum
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By kind permission of British Museum
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters4.5
Chronology
PeriodD
Textual typologyDedicatory text

GENERAL NOTES

The text is similar in typology to CIH 392.

TEXT

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   1  ʾḫtʾmhw w-
   2  S²fnrm bʿlt—
   3  y Ḫmtn b-ḫlf hg—
   4  rn Mryb s²mty wṯ—
   5  nn l-ʾlmqh bʿl-ʾ—
   6  wm ḥg-n wq-hmy b-m—
   7  s¹ʾl-hw l-wfy-hmy

Apparatus
4s²mty is the feminine dual of the verb s²ym; see Stein 2003 a: 170, n. 86.
6in wq-hmy the h of WQH is assimiled; see Stein 2003 a:22.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  ʾḫtʾmhw and
   2  S²fnrm, the two owners
   3  of Ḫmtn in the district of the city
   4  Mryb set up the stela
   5  to ʾlmqh, the Master of
   6  ʾwm, as He bade them in His
   7  oracle for their well-being.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositLondon, The British Museum, BM 125983=1863,0216.5
Support typeArtefact » Slab
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 40.3, w. 20, th. 10
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteMaʾrib
Ancient siteMryb / Mrb
Geographical areaMaʾrib
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl ʾwm
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CULTURAL NOTES

Two women are the owners (bʿlt) of Ḫmtn (the name of a territory or of a palace ?) in the region of the city Marib.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Beeston 1984 a: VI-VII, photoBeeston, Alfred F.L. 1984. Sabaic Grammar. (Journal of Semitic Studies. Monograph, 6). Manchester: University of Manchester.
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.