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CIH 597 RES 3138


Gajda 1997: 76-77

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Late Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRaised
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodE

GENERAL NOTES

According to Jamme 1971: 29, this fragment was part of a same inscription together with CIH 596, RES 4157, RES 4158, RES 4159 and RES 4160 (see also Ryckmans, Jacques 1951 a: 226, note 8).
We probably deal with a fragment of a commemorative text.

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ...]htm w-ḏky mlkn[ ... ...]
   2  [... ... ](w)-ʾwlw s¹dt ʿmnm[ ... ...]
   3  [... ...]n [..] mlkn b-Ẓfr [... ...]
   4  [... ...]w s¹bʾ s¹bʾt ʾbʾ[... ...]
   5  [... ...]m bny Ḫtymt b-b[... ...]
   6  [... ... m]hrgtm w-ʾḫḏ bn[... ...]
   7  [... ... ]ʾʾblm ʾḫn-h w-(ʾ)[... ...]
   8  [... ... g]bʾ ʿly Thmt w-Ḥ[ḍrmwt ... ...]
   9  [... ...] b-h w-s¹tyfʿ b[... ...]

Apparatus
1q]htm (CIH).
3Jamme reads mrʾ]-hmw b-Ẓfr.
4Gajda integrates: ʾbʾ[mr.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...] and the king sent [... ...]
   2  [... ...] and they brought back the leaders (?) from ʿmnm [... ...]
   3  [... ...] the king in Ẓfr [... ...]
   4  [... ...] he made an expedition ʾbʾ[... ...]
   5  [... ...] banū Ḫtymt [... ...]
   6  [... ... ] carnage and he captured and [... ...]
   7  [... ...] camels in abundance [... ...]
   8  [... ...] he came back towards Thmt and Ḥaḍramawt [... ...]
   9  [... ...] in it and (God) declared his will [... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositBombay, Museum, Bombay 64
Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 55, w. 35
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaUnknown
CountryUnknown
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Gajda 1997: 76-77Gajda, 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).
Ryckmans, Jacques 1951 aRyckmans, Jacques 1951. L'institution monarchique en Arabie Méridionale avant l'Islam (Maʿîn et Saba). (Bibliothèque du Muséon, 28). Louvain: Publications universitaires.
Jamme 1971 bJamme, Albert W.F. 1971. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe II. Washington. 2025/04/17; https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38250313. [Privately printed]