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CIH 26
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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 | Recessed |
| Execution technique | Incision |
| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
GENERAL NOTES
| The inscription was seen by Glaser in a private house of Ṣanāʾ. Höfner reports of a "Schrift spät". |
TEXT
1 [ʾbʾmr ... ... w-ʾḫ](y)-hw w-bny-hw (b)[nw ... ...]
2 [... ... hqny]w bʿl fnwt-hw ṣ[lmn ... ...]
3 [... ...](m) [ḥ]mdm b-ḏt m(t)[ʿ-hmw w-]
4 [hnʿ]-hmw bn s²ṣy w-nḍʿ w-[... ... s²n]—
5 [ʾm ... ...](m) ʿdy [bt]-hmw w-ṯny ṣl[mn]—
6 [hn ... ... w]-mqṭr(m w)-(ṯw)rm w-ms¹w[dm ... ...]
7 [... ... w-m](ṯ)kḥ(nh)n w-l wz(ʾ) hʿn[... ...]
8 [... ... w-ḥ](mdm)[ ... ...]
| Reading based on Höfner with the emendations made by Mordtmann and Mittwoch (1934: 44). | |
| 2-3 | ʾ[l-hmw Qynn] ʾlh Ḫs¹ʾm ms³ndn b-ḏt (CIH). See CIH 8 for a dedication to this god. |
| 4 | bn kl (CIH). |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Wien, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Sem 791 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Höfner 1933: 11-13 | Höfner, Maria 1933. Die sabäischen Inschriften der südarabischen Expedition im Kunsthistorischen Museum in Wien (I). Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, 40: 1-36. |
| Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1934 | Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1934. Bemerkungen zu altsüdarabischen Inschriften. Orientalia, 3: 42-62. |