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CIH 102
Calvet and Robin 1997: 163, cat. 83
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 |
TEXT
1 ʾls¹ʿd w-ʾḫy-hw S¹ʿdʾl
2 w-Rṯdrymn w-S¹ʿds²ms¹m [w]-Lḥ—
3 yʿṯt w-bny-hmw Whbṯwn b(n)w
4 Mḍn ʾbkln ḥwrw hgrn ʿmrn (ʾ)—
5 dm bny Mrṯdm hqnyw ʿṯtr-S²r—
6 qn ʿdy byt-hmw ṣlmnhn l-s¹ʿ—
7 d-hmw ḥẓy w-rḍw ʾmrʾ-hmw (|)
8 bny Mrṯdm w-s²ʿb-hm Bklm w-l-[ḏ]—
9 (t) ḫryn ʿbd-hw Lḥyʿṯt bn nḍ[ʿ]
10 w-s²ṣy s²nʾm w-l-s¹ʿd-hmw wfym w-(ʾ)—
11 wldm w-ʾṯmrm hnʾm b-ʿṯt(r)
| 6 | ʿdy byt-hmw could be an error for ʿdy byt-hw. |
| 8 | The suffix pronoun is hm instead of hmw. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾls¹ʿd and his brothers S¹ʿdʾl, 2 Rṯdrymn, S¹ʿds²ms¹m and Lḥ- 3 yʿṯt, and their son Whbṯwn, banū 4 Mḍn, of the tribe Bkl, inhabitants of the city of ʿAmrān, 5 vassals of banū Mrṯdm, dedicated to ʿṯtr S²r- 6 qn in their house these two statues, so that He may grant 7 them the goodwill and the satisfaction of their lords 8 the banū Mrṯdm and of their tribe Bklm, and so that He may deliver 9 His servant Lḥyʿṯt from the maleficence 10 and malice of any enemy, and so that He may grant them safety and 11 children and healthy crops; by ʿṯtr. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Paris, Louvre Museum, AO 4987 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 29.5, w. 21, th. 14 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | ʿAmrān |
| Ancient site | ʿmrn |
| Geographical area | ʿAmrān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
Whbṯwn is said to be the son of all the five brothers. This would imply that they shared the same wife.
Unless we deal with an epigraphic mistake, the dedication to ʿṯtr S²rqn is strangely placed in the clients' house rather than in the god's temple.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Calvet and Robin 1997: 162-164 (photo) | Calvet, Yves and Robin, Christian J. 1997. Arabie heureuse. Arabie déserte. Les antiquités arabiques du Musée du Louvre. Avec la collaboration de Françoise Briquel-Chatonnet and Marielle Pic. Paris: Editions de la Réunion des musées nationaux. |