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CIH 618
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 | 4 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Legal text |
GENERAL NOTES
| Text probably of construction of a tomb, in which the rights of property are specified. |
TEXT
1 [... ...]m Yhqm w-ʾḫy-hw ʾkbrw Ḫll w-ʾw—
2 [ld-hmw ... ...]-hmw l-ywfyn ḫms¹ ḏn qbrn ẓrbm l-h—
3 [mw ... ...]rn b-hw [.]-yʿkrnn ʾkbrw Ḫll
| 3 | qb]rn (CIH); (k)-yʿkrnn (CIH). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...]m Yhqm and his brothers, the kabirs Ḫll and their sons 2 [... ...] to pay one-fifth of this grave, as property for them 3 [... ...] in order that the kabirs Ḫll don't contest (?). |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | London, The British Museum, BM 103066=1910,0507.8 |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 19.5, w. 58.5, th. 9 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Link to site record |