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CIH 5
Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 189-191
By kind permission of GOAM
By kind permission of GOAM
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 | Raised | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 11 (MṢM 4690); 12 (MṢM 4691) | ||
| Chronology |
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TEXT
1 [... ...] w-Ns²ʾkrb w-T(b)±ʿʾl w-Ddkrb w-bn-hmw W[... ...]
2 [... ... Tʾlb Rymm bʿl Tr]ʿt w-Mrbḍn w-ʿ(ṯ)±tr ḏ-rʾs¹ ʿrn ḏ-Mdrm [... ...]
| 1 | See CIH 286 were these three persons, who belong to the clan Ġḍbm, are mentioned. At the end of the line Mordtmann and Mittwoch integrate W[hbm]. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, Military Museum, MṢM 4690+MṢM 4691 |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 35, w. 55, th. 23; h. 35, w. 86, th. 20 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Notes | According to the divinities and their epithets (l.2) the inscription should come from the region of Hamdān. |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 189-191 (photo) | Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1931. Sabäische Inschriften. Rathjens-v. Wissmannsche Südarabischen-Reise. 1. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter. |
| Ansaldi 1933 | Ansaldi, Cesare 1933. Il Yemen nella storia e nella leggenda. (Collezione di opere e di monografie a cura del Ministero delle colonie, 17). Rome: Sindacato italiano arti grafiche. |