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CIH 67
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 | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [... ...]ʾḫy-(hw) [... ...]
2 [... ...] hqnyw s²ym-(hmw)[ Ḥg]—
3 [rm] Qḥ[mm bʿ](l) ʿ(rnhn) T[nʿ]
4 [w-Lms¹ ... ...] ṣlm[.]
5 [... ...]-hw b-kl [ʾ]—
6 [ml]ʾ [s¹tmlʾ b-ʿ]m-hw l-s¹[ʿd]
7 [... ... Ḥg]rm Qḥmm[ ..]—
8 [. m](rʾ)-(hmw )Rbs²ms¹m [... ...]
9 [... ...] w-s²ʿb-hmw Ġ[ymn]
10 ← [..] (ḏt) y[... ... ʾ]—
11 dm-hw b-m[... ...]—
12 m w-ygwn-hw k-h[... ...]—
13 w b-ḏt hgbʾ-hw ʿ[b]—
14 [d]-hw Ḫlfn ms¹lf ḏ(n)
15 ʿhrn b-ywm kwn b-ʾr[.]—
16 [.] w-l-s¹ʿd-hmw Ḥgrm ʾ[..]—
17 [..] (h)nʾm bn kl ʾrḍ-[hm]—
18 [w ʿ]rq-hmw w-ʿlt-hm[w ... ...]
19 [.] w-dʿtm w-ḥ(ẓ)[y w-rḍw]
20 [m](r)ʾ-hm[w ... ...]
21 ← [... ...]m ḏ-Ġymn w-
22 [s²ʿ]b-hmw Ġymn
23 [b-s²]ym-hmw Ḥgrm [Q]—
24 [ḥ]mm
| 1-9 | Heavily eroded away. |
| CIH integrates the text as follows: | |
| 1 | [Ḫlfn] w-ʾḫy-hw w-[bny-hmw bnw] |
| 2 | [S²]bʿm |
| 4 | ... ḏn] ṣlm[n ... |
| 4-5 | ḥmdm b-ḏt hw]fy-hw |
| 6-7 | l-s¹[ʿd-hmw s²ym]-hmw |
| 7-8 | [ḥẓy] |
| 8-9 | Y[nʿm ḏ-Ġymn] |
| 10 | [w]-l-ḏt y[hwfyn-hw w-ʾ] |
| 11 | b-mq[ymt ṣdq] |
| 12 | k-hḥ[yw-h]w |
| 15-16 | b-ʾr[ḍn |
| 16-17 | ʾṯ[mrm |
| 18-19 | w-ʾwldm] |
| 20-21 | Rbs²ms¹m Ynʿ]m |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Istanbul, Ancient Orient Museum, 7475 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 31, w. 22, th. 18 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ghaymān |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Ghaymān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Ḥgrm Qḥmm bʿl ʿrnhn Tnʿ w-Lms¹ |
| Link to site record |