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Gl 364+CIH 58+CIH 59+CIH 49+CIH 54+CIH 57 Gl 364+RES 2718 H+RES2718 I+RES 2718 F+RES 2718 J+RES 2718 G; Gl 364+CIH 58+Ja 500C+Ja 500 A+Ja 500B+CIH 57
Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 185-186, figs 150b/a-c; Rathjens 1953: i, 64-65, figs 45, 49, 55
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 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
GENERAL NOTES
| Text joined together in this sequence by Minardi. The other editors (firstly Mordtmann and Mittwoch) suggested a sequence CIH 49+CIH 54+CIH 59. |
TEXT
1 [.]ṯḥʾl ʾs²wʿ ± [..]rdm ʾwʿd w-H±wfʿṯt Yʾzm w-bn-hmw Ḥy±[... ...] b-ḏt Bʿdnm w-s²ym-hmw Ḥgrm Qḥ(mm) w-±[b]-ʾmrʾ-hmw Ynʿm ʾḏrḥ w-Ḥ±[... ... ʾ]s²wʿ ḏ-Mʾḏ[nm ... ...]
| 1 | At the beginning Minardi reads Ḏ]rḥʾl, but on the facsimile there is ]ṯḥʾl; CIH integrates [ʾl]rdm, Minardi's variant is [w-W]rdm. At the end: b-ʾmrʾ-hmw Ynʿm ʾḏrḥ w-Hwfʿṯt (Mordtmann and Mittwoch: Jamme, according to their different sequence of the fragments). |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 20 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ghaymān |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Ghaymān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 185-186, figs a-c | Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1931. Sabäische Inschriften. Rathjens-v. Wissmannsche Südarabischen-Reise. 1. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter. |
| Ansaldi 1933: 42, fig. 18g-e | 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. |
| Rathjens 1953: 64-65, figs 45a-c, 49 | Rathjens, Carl 1953. Sabaeica. Bericht über die archäologischen Ergebnisse seiner zweiten, dritten und vierten Reise nach Südarabien. I. Teil. Der Reisebericht. (Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Völkerkunde in Hamburg, 24). Hamburg: Kommissionsverlag Ludwig Appel. |
| Jamme 1954 b: 334-335, 337 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1954. Inscriptions du Musée de Ṣanʿāʾ, d'après les photographies de M.C. Ansaldi. Le Muséon, 67: 323-338. |
| Lundin 1969: 20, fig. 2 | Lundin (=Loundine), Avraam G. 1969. Novye južnoarabskie nadpisi muzeja v Ṣanʿa (II). Epigrafika Vostoka, 19: 14-20. |
| Minardi 1973: 284-285 | Minardi, Giovanna 1973. Note sudarabiche. Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli, 33/2: 283-285. |