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CIH 555
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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| Textual typology | Legal text |
TEXT
1 [... ...]
2 ymḫrw ʾln ʾwṯnn |
3 ns¹r ms²rqn w-ns¹r m—
4 ʿrbn l-ʾrkn ḏ-byn |
5 mʾtmn-ḏ-bn ʿrqbn w-
6 byn mʾtmn bn Byḍ—
7 m ḏ-qny Ḥywm bn Rḥ—
8 bm b-wrḫ ḏ-Dyn ḏ-rs²w—
9 t Wddʾl bn Hlkʾm—
10 r bn Ḥzfrm |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] 2 these boundaries have been extended 3 towards East and towards 4 West into the dimension which lies between 5 the estate of the banū ʿrqbn and 6 the estate of the banū Byḍ- 7 m, that (is the estate) which Ḥywm ibn Rḥbm acquired 8 in the month ḏ-Dnm during the priesthood 9 of Wddʾl, son of Hlkʾm- 10 r, ibn Ḥzfrm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | London, The British Museum, BM 125055=1875,0429.1 |
| Support type | Artefact » Slab (wṯn) |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 46.5, w. 37, th. 8.5 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
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CULTURAL NOTES
Boundary stela for the borders of irrigated lands.