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CIH 560
By kind permission of British Museum
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 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
GENERAL NOTES
| The date is hypothetical. |
TEXT
1 ʾmṯwn ʾm—
2 t bn Ḥzfr—
3 m hqnyt ʾl—
4 h-hw Qynn bʿl
5 ←ʾwtn l-wfy-hm—
6 ←w
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾmṯwn, servant 2 of the family Ḥzfr- 3 m, dedicated to her god 4 Qynn, Lord of 5 ʾwtn for their 6 well-being. |
| 4 | the feminine suffix pronoun is -hw (see Stein 2003 a: 136, n. 40). |
| Stein 2003 a | Stein, Peter 2003. Untersuchungen zur Phonologie und Morphologie des Sabäischen. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 3). Rahden: Marie Leidorf GmbH / Westf.: Marie Leidorf GmbH. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | London, The British Museum, BM 125138=1871,1113.8 |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 25, w. 14 (at the top), 19 (at the bottom), th. 9 (at the top), 19 (at the bottom) |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Qynn bʿl ʾwtn |
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