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Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions

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CIH 24


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

GENERAL NOTES

According to Jamme (1962: 331-334), who has studied the relative chronology of the texts mentioning Whbʾwm Yʾḏf's aristocratic family, CIH 24 should date back to the successor of the king Ns²ʾkrb Yʾmn Yhrḥb. In fact, the members of the clan are no longer mqtt of the king as they were before.

TEXT

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   1  Whbʾwm Ys¹br w-ʾḫy-hw Ns²ʾkrb Y—
   2  drm w-Ḥmʿṯt ʾzʾd w-ʾbkrb ʾs¹ʿd
   3  bnw Whbʾwm Yʾḏf bn S¹ḫymm ʾqwl
   4  s²ʿbn Yrs¹m hṯbw w-brʾ ḥrt ʿbr-hmw
   5  [... ...]ʾʿrf-hm<w> Rzḥ [... ...]

Apparatus
3S¹ḫm on Glaser's copy.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Whbʾwm Ys¹br and his brothers Ns²ʾkrb Y-
   2  drm, Ḥmʿṯt ʾzʾd and ʾbkrb ʾs¹ʿd,
   3  sons of Whbʾwm Yʾḏf, descendants of S¹ḫymm, ʾqwl
   4  of the tribe of Yrs¹m completed and constructed the canal of their wadi-side cultivation
   5  [... ...] their wells of Rzḥ [... ...].

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteṢanʿāʾ
Ancient siteṢnʿw
Geographical areaSanʿāʾ
CountryYemen
NotesThe inscription was found in the ruins of the royal palace of Gumdān.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Jamme 1962 a: 331-333Jamme, Albert W.F. 1962. Sabaean Inscriptions from Maḥram Bilqîs (Mârib). (Publications of the American Foundation for the Study of Man, 3). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press.