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CIH 29
CIH: pl. VIII
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 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
GENERAL NOTES
| The inscription, seen in Ṣanʿāʾ by Glaser, could come from Shibām according to the mention of the city's divinities. |
TEXT
1 S¹ʿdʾl bn ʾlʿmd w-ʿmḏḫr w-bn(y)-[hw ... ... bn]—
2 w ḏ-Mlyḥm ʾmʿnn hwṯrw w-brʾ w-h[... ... s²]—
3 ʾm w-qny ʾby-hmw ʾlʿmd w-ʿmḏḫr [... ... r]—
4 ṯdw bnw ḏ-Mlyḥm byt-hmw ʿṯtr [... ... ʾl]—
5 ʾlt S²bmm bn nkrm w-mhbʾs¹m
| 2-3 | w-hs²[qrn byt ... ḏ-s²]ʾm (Mordtmann and Mittwoch). |
| 3 | ʾby as a dual or an external plural (cf. Stein 2003 a: 50, fn. 6). |
| 4-5 | ʿṯtr [S²rqn w-kl ʾl]ʾlt S²bmm (Mordtmann and Mittwoch). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 S¹ʿdʾl son of ʾlʿmd and ʿmḏḫr and his sons [... ...] descendants of 2 ḏ-Mlyḥm, the people from Maʿīn, laid the foundations, constructed and [... ... which] 3 purchased and acquired their two (?) fathers ʾlʿmd and ʿmḏḫr [... ...] 4 the banū ḏ-Mlyḥm committed their house to ʿṯtr [... ... by] 5 the goddesses of Shibām against anyone who may damage and harm (it). |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 29, w. 63 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
The text is written by Minaeans settled in Shibām. As the editors notice, some elements in the text also reveal their origin: the double patronymic and the use of the formula ʾlʾlt "goddesses" followed by the name of the city.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 48-49 | Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1931. Sabäische Inschriften. Rathjens-v. Wissmannsche Südarabischen-Reise. 1. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter. |
| Stein 2003 a | Stein, Peter 2003. Untersuchungen zur Phonologie und Morphologie des Sabäischen. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 3). Rahden: Marie Leidorf GmbH / Westf.: Marie Leidorf GmbH. |