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CIH 325
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Late Sabaic | ||||||||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||||||||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||||||||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||||||||
| Text appearance | Raised | ||||||||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||||||||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [... ...g]rbm w-rbʿtm mwg(l)m w-(ftḫm)[ ... ...]
2 [... ...](ṣ)lt-hw ḏ-s¹n ms³wdn ʿlyn w-wzʾw ʿḏ[b ... ...]
3 [... ... mḥ]wlm ġyr-mw tfrʿ-hw w-hwʿbw kl qh yr[... ...]
4 [... ... ]ḏ-s¹n S¹km((s¹km)) w-ʿḏb-hw bn mwṯr-hw ʿdy tfrʿ-hw w-[... ...]
5 [... ...]m b-ḫrfn ḏ-l-ts¹ʿt w-s¹ṯy w-s¹ṯ mʾtm w-wzʾ[w ... ...]
6 [... ... ]w-Hnwm ʾrbʿt fls³tm ʿlwm w-ʾrbʿt mḥwlt[m ... ...]
7 [... ... b](n) mwṯr-hw w-s²tʾ-hw bn mwṯr-hw w-hqs²bw b-h(w)[... ...]
8 [... ... s¹]hl-hw w-ṯlṯt fls³tm ʿlw-hw w-qṣʿw ḥṣm-hw lb(ḫ)[... ...]
9 [... ... ʾr]ḍ Ḥgrm w-wṯn ʿkm w-kl qh-hw mnhmtm w-(grb)m ḥbs²[... ...]
| The following readings and restorations have been suggested by Müller: | |
| 3 | ]wlm l-gyrmw (Gajda). At the end Yr[ (Yrs³?) possibly as a name of construction, following Rhodokanakis 1917: 42. |
| 5 | w-wzʾw[ ʿḏb. |
| 6 | at the beginning Hnwn as nomen loci against hnwm (Gajda); at the end mḥwlm (Rhodokanakis). |
| 8 | ]l-hw (Gajda). |
| 9 | at the beginning of the line ʾr]ḍ; at the end ḥb[ (Gajda). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] undressed stones, square stones, alabaster, decorated stonework [... ...] 2 [... ...] its covering of stones in front of the high hall and again they repaired[... ...] 3 [... ...] water reservoir except its top and they executed all the command of [... ...] 4 [... ...] in front of S¹km (of the closure) and its dam from its foundation to its top [... ...] 5 [... ...] in the year six hundred sixty-nine and again they repaired[... ...] 6 [... ...] Hnwm four upper water flows and four water reservoirs [... ...] 7 [... ...] from its foundation.They built up from it foundation and built in it [... ...] 8 [... ...] located in the plane and three upper water flows. They designed its grid work [... ...] 9 [... ...] the land of Ḥgrm and the border of ʿkm and all his command in polished stones and undressed stones building block [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Istanbul, Ancient Orient Museum, 7509 |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Marble |
| Dimensions | h. 38, w. 80 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Notes | "der Fundort der Inschrift nordwestlich von Ḥajja und südlich von al-Maḥābiša in der östlichen Region des Wadi Maur zu suchen sein dürfte" (Müller 2010: 122). |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
This is the latest dated inscription before the Persian conquest of South Arabia (570 AD).
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Müller, Walter W. 1991: 117-131, pl. I | Müller, Walter W. 1991. CIH 325: die jüngste datierte sabäische Inschrift. Pages 118-131 in Études sud-arabes. Recueil offert à Jacques Ryckmans. (Publications de l'Institut Orientaliste de Louvain, 39). Louvain-La-Neuve: Université Catholique de Louvain, Institut Orientaliste. |
| Gajda 1997: 168-169 | Gajda, Iwona 1997. Ḥimyar gagné par le monothéisme (IVe-VIe siècle de l'ère chrétienne). Ambitions et ruine d'un royaume de l'Arabie méridionale antique. (Université d'Aix-en-Provence). |
| de Maigret 2002: 250, pl. 46 (photo) | de Maigret, Alessandro 2002. Arabia Felix. An exploration of the Archaeological history of Yemen. London: Stacey International. |
| Müller, Walter W. 2010: 122-123 | Müller, Walter W. 2010. Sabäische Inschriften nach Ären datiert. Bibliographie, Texte und Glossar. (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission, 53). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. |
| Rhodokanakis 1917 | Rhodokanakis, Nikolaus 1917. Studien zur Lexikographie und Grammatik des Altsüdarabischen. II Heft. (Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Philosophisch-Historische Klasse, 185/3). Vienna: Alfred Hölder. |