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CIH 27


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

GENERAL NOTES

Inscription seen by Glaser in Ṣanʿāʾ. Possibly from Shibām al-Ġirās according to the mention of ʾlh Ḫs¹ʾm (see CIH 8).

TEXT

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      [... ...]
   1  [ḥg-n wqh-h]mw b-ms¹ʾl-hw w-l s¹[ʿd-hm]—
   2  [w r]ḍw ʾmrʾ-hmw w-s²ʿb-hmw [w-l s¹]—
   3  [ʿd-hmw frʿ d]ṯʾ w-ḫrf ʿd[y ʾ]—
   4  [rḍ-hmw w-ʾṯmrm] hnʾm [... ...]
   5  [... ... w-l ḫryn]-hmw w-hʿn[n]-hmw [bn]
   6  [n]ḍʿ w-s²ṣ[y] s²nʾm b-ʾlh Ḫs¹ʾ[m ... ...]

Apparatus
CIH's reading.
5mtʿ-[hmw (Mordtmann and Mittwoch: 1934: 44).

TRANSLATIONS

English

      [... ...]
   1  as (He) ordered them in His oracle, and may (the God) grant them
   2  the satisfaction of their lords and their tribe, and may (the God) grant
   3  them spring and autumn crops in
   4  their land and sound crops [... ...]
   5  [... ...] and may He save them and protect them from
   6  the maleficence and malice of any enemy, by ʾlh Ḫs¹ʾm [... ...].

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin. Conjectural
Modern siteShibām al-Ghirās / Shibām Sukhaym
Ancient siteS²bmm
Geographical areaBanī Ḥushaysh
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1934Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1934. Bemerkungen zu altsüdarabischen Inschriften. Orientalia, 3: 42-62.