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CIH 414 RES 2760
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Legal text |
GENERAL NOTES
| Possibly Ancient Sabaic inscription, period A. This is a legal and construction text. |
TEXT
1 ʿm(ʾ)ns¹ bn ʿmyṯʿ bn S²wbtm ʿ—
2 s¹y kl nḫl-hw ḏt Brn w-bny ḥr—
3 mt-hw Mḏb ms¹qy Mys¹rm w-Mr—
4 n b-ʿṯtr w-b ʾlmqh w-b ḏt
5 [Ḥmym w-b ḏt Bʿdnm w-b Yd]—
6 ʿʾl Byn
| 5 | Line 5 is omitted in Halévy's copy and is restored by CIH. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʿmʿns¹ son of ʿmyṯʿ of the family S²btwm bought 2 all his palmgrove ḏt Brn and built his enclosure 3 Mḏb, irrigation device of Mys¹rn and Mr‒ 4 n by ʿṯtr and by ʾlmqh and by ḏt 5 Ḥmym and by ḏt Bʿdnm and by Yd‒ 6 ʿʾl Byn. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-Ḥazm |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | al-Jawf |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Notes | The inscriptions found by Halévy in the modern village of al-Ḥazm are reemployed and most probably come from the near sites of Haram, Nashq or Qarnaw (Robin 1992 a: 14). Ydʿʾl Byn mentioned in the text is frequently attested in the inscriptions from Nashq. |
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