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CIH 450 res 855
By kind permission of British Museum
By kind permission of British Museum
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 | 3.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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TEXT
1 nfs¹ w-qbr Ġnm—
2 m bnt ʿzmm ḏt ʾ—
3 l ʾl ʾḥnkt nfs¹
4 w-qbr bny ʿṣyt
5 bn Blġt ḏ-ʾl ʾ—
6 l-ʾḥnkt w-r—
7 ṯd-hw ʿṯtr S²rqn
8 bn ʾs¹ ḫrs²-h w-s²—
9 tr
| 3, 6 | The reading ʾḥnkt is possible, the k is written with a little trait at the right of a b. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Funerary monument and grave of Ġnm- 2 m, daughter of ʿzmm, she of the community 3 ʾl ʾḥnkt. Funerary monument 4 and grave of the banū ʿṣyt, 5 banū Blġt, of the community ʾ- 6 l ʾḥnkt, and he entrusted it 7 to the protection of ʿṯtr S²rqn, 8 against any fellow who destroys it and 9 shatter. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | London, The British Museum, BM 102603=1908,0414.4 |
| Support type | Artefact » Stela (nfs¹ w-qbr) |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 40, w. 24, th. 13 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context: Tomb |
| Link to site record |