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CIH 563+CIH 956 CIH 563; CIH 956; RES 646; RES 3161
By kind permission of British Museum
By kind permission of British Museum
Calvet and Robin 1997: 224-225, cat. 143
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Boustrophedon | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Legal text - fragmentary | ||
| Royal inscription | Yes |
GENERAL NOTES
| The inscription is composed by four fragments: AO 1535+BM 125149+Révoil 9=RES 646=CIH 563; AO 7354=RES 3161=CIH 956. |
TEXT
1 [... ...]w w-bḍʿ w-hḥr Yṯ±[ʿ]ʾmr Wtr bn S¹mhʿly w-(S¹)±bʾ ms¹ḫnn b-klyt-h±[m]w l-k-ḏ[... ...]
2 [... ...] kl ʾ[k]±l w-ms¹ty w-tfṯ yhʾ±(t)wn s²wʿn bn-hmw bn ʾ[w]±dwn w-ms¹qyn w-l-k-[ḏ ... ...]
3 [... ...]ʾn ʿd Mryb bs²r ṯ±wrm ḏ-yhbḥr bn qhln ±w-kl ṯwr w-bʿr yh±[b]ḥr bn[... ...]
4 [... ...]n ʿd[ʾ]±l w-ʾrs²wt ʾlʾltn± w-ḥrmm Ḥrnm Yṯʿʾmr w-±S¹bʾ bn ʾs¹ ʿdw b-ʿ[ly ... ...]
5 [... ...] ḏ-(y)ʿdwn b-ʿly ḏn m±ḥrn w-l ys¹tʿḏb-hw ʾrbʿ±m w-s³ʿtn ġwytm ʿ±[ḏ]bt-h |
| 2 | Müller reads ʾ[ʿ]dwn. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ... ]and Yṯʿʾmr Wtr son of S¹mhʿly and Sabaʾ the Council established and decreed in their collective reunion with regard to [... ...] 2 [... ...] all food and drink and agricultural products which the priest will make bring (?) from them from the wadis and the irrigated lands and with regard to [... ...] 3 [... ...] in Marib flesh of a bull which will be set aside by the whole community and each bull and cattle which will be set apart by [... ...] 4 [... ...] the class ʾd ʾl and the priests of the gods and of the temple Ḥrnm Yṯʿʾmr and Sabaʾ in relation to whoever committed an offence against [... ...] 5 [... ...] the one who will transgress this edict, then let him be condemned to pay a penalty of four s³ʿtn (?) a punishment as his fine (?). |
| 2 | Beeston translates it as "all food and drink and tfṯ which the šwʿ among them brings from the wadis". |
| Beeston 1978 b: 200 | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1978. Notes on Old South Arabian Lexicography XI. Le Muséon, 91: 195-209. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | London, The British Museum, BM 125149=1883,0421.3 |
| Deposit | Paris, Louvre Museum, AO 1535+AO 7354 |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 33, w. 53, th. 12 (BM 125149); h. 33, w. 40, th. 9.5 (AO 1535); h. 32.7, w. 13.7, th. 8.9 (AO 7354) |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Calvet and Robin 1997: 224-225 (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. |
| Müller, Walter W. 1962: 78 | Müller, Walter W. 1962. Die Wurzeln Mediae und Tertiae Y/W im Altsüdarabischen. Eine etymologische und lexicographische Studie. Tübingen. |
| Beeston 1978 b: 200 | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1978. Notes on Old South Arabian Lexicography XI. Le Muséon, 91: 195-209. |