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CIH 1


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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRaised
Execution techniqueCasting
Chronology
PeriodD
Textual typologyConstruction text

GENERAL NOTES

End of 2nd cent. CE.

TEXT

marker


   1  Whbʿṯt Yfd w-b±ny-hw Rṯdṯwn ʾ—
   2  zʾd w-Hwfʿṯt Y±hs²ʿ w-Whbʾwm Y—
   3  rḥb w-S¹ʿdṯwn b±nw Gdnm s²mw m—
   4  ṣrʿy fnwt ṣr±ḥt-hmw Tfḍ b-mq—
   5  m mrʾ-hmw Krbʾ±l Wtr Yhnʿm ml—
   6  k S¹bʾ bn Whbʾ±(l)( )(Y)ḥz mlk S¹bʾ

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Whbʿṯt Yfd and his sons Rṯdṯwn ʾ-
   2  zʾd, Hwfʿṯt Yhs²ʿ, Whbʾwm Y-
   3  rḥb and S¹ʿdṯwn, descendants of Gdnm, did set the two door
   4  leaves before (or: in front of) their ṣrḥt (?) Tfḍ, by the power
   5  of their lord Krbʾl Wtr Yhnʿm, king
   6  of Sabaʾ, son of Whbʾl Yḥz, king of Sabaʾ.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Plaque » With framework
MaterialBronze
Dimensionsh. 40, w. 50
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteṢanʿāʾ
Ancient siteṢnʿw
Geographical areaSanʿāʾ
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
Archaeological contextUrban context: Private house Tfḍ
NotesAccording to CIH this inscription, which is now reemployed in the Ṣanʿāʾ's Great Mosque, may come from the royal palace Gumdan. However, as also stated by Mordtmann and Mittwoch: the certain provenance remains unknown.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 187-188 (photo)Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1931. Sabäische Inschriften. Rathjens-v. Wissmannsche Südarabischen-Reise. 1. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter.
Beeston 1937 a: 1Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1937. Sabaean inscriptions. Oxford.
CIH1889-1930. Inscriptiones Himyariticas et Sabaeas Continens. CIS, Corpus inscriptionum semiticarum ab Academia Inscriptionum et Litterarum Humaniorum conditum atque digestum. (3 vols), Paris: Imprimerie nationale. [Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres.]