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CIH 612+CIH 522 Ry 31; RES 850


CIH 612
Calvet and Robin 1997: 213
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CIH 612
Calvet and Robin 1997: 213
photo
CIH 522
By kind permission of British Museum

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

TEXT

marker


      [... ...]
   1  w-kl mg(z)wm (ḥ)ṣmm mbrʾm w-kl ḏ-±(y)bʾn w-ng(z)n ḏ-nfs¹(m) ʾ(w)ṯn ḏ-S¹mw—
   2  y (w)-ḏ-y(fd)n-h(w) w-yḍʿn ʿynm w-l-ḏ-y(ḏ)±ḍwn ʿynm bn (ḏ)-(y)s¹rqn mḥrm-hw —
   3  (Bqrm)( ḏ)-(y)n(s²m)n tʾbym ḏ-yʾḫ(ḏ)±n b-mḥrm-hw Bqrm w-ḏ yḍʿn ʿynm
   4  l-ḏ-ytw[... ...] b-mḥrm-hw w-±ḏw S¹mwy f-nkr w-ʿḏbn b-ʿly s²ʿ—
   5  (b)-hw (b)-(k)l ḫṭyʾ h(ḫ)ṭʾw b-hw ʿd(y) ±| ḏn wtfn w-ḏ-S¹mwy f-rʾ k-hẓm m—
   6  ḥrm-hw [... ...]s¹ʾlw b-±(m)-(hw w)-(ḏ)-(S¹mw)[y] (l)-(yzʾn) mtʿn (s²ʿb)-(h)[w] —
   7  [... ...]

Apparatus
5at the end of the line: ḥrm |(Beeston).

TRANSLATIONS

English

      [... ...]
   1  [... ...]would enter and create trouble within the boundaries of ḏ-S¹mwy
   2  [... ...] and in relation to the one who (?) some money for what has been stolen His temple
   3  [... ...] which has been taken in His temple Bqrm and the one who acquits himself of obligation by paying some money
   4  [... ...] ḏw S¹mwy, then He has fined and demanded a penalty against his
   5  [... ...] tribe for all the sins which they have committed in relation to Him against this edict; as for ḏ-S¹mwy, then He [... ...]
   6  [... ...] they requested from Him and ḏ-S¹mwy may continue to save his tribe
   7  [... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositLondon, The British Museum, BM 102457=1907,0112.1
DepositParis, Louvre Museum, AO 4092
Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaUnknown
CountryUnknown
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CULTURAL NOTES

Criminal law.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Ryckmans, Gonzague 1927: 190-191Ryckmans, Gonzague 1927. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Première série. Le Muséon, 40: 161-200.
Beeston 1980 c: 27-29Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1980. Textual and interpretational problems of CIH 522 (BM 102457). Raydān, 3: 27-29.
Calvet and Robin 1997: 213-214 (photo)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.
Multhoff and Stein 2008: 13Multhoff, Anne and Stein, Peter 2008. Tempeldiebstahl und andere Schlechtigkeiten. Zwei verkannte sabäische Inschriften. Orientalia, 77/1: 1-44.