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CIH 105


Jamme 1976: pl. 18

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters3.5
Chronology
PeriodD
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ...]m ʾḥmd bn Mḫtʿm hqny ʿṯtr [bʿl]
   2  mḏbḥ ʿrn Ḍnʾn ḏn ṣ(l)mn ḥg-n wqh-hw
   3  [b]-ms¹ʾl-hw k-l y<h>qnyn-hw ṣlmm l-wfy brw-hw
   4  [L](ḥ)yʿṯtr w-l s¹ʿ(d)-hmw nʿmtm w-wfym w-ʾl[wd]—
   5  [m] ʾḏkrm hnʾm w-ʾṯmr ṣdqm b-ʿṯtr S²r(qn)

Apparatus
1Letter ḫ reversed.
3Emendation suggested by Stein (2003 a: 38 fn. 174).
4To be noted the use of ʾlwdm instead of the regular ʾwldm (see CIH 104: 11), to be interpreted as an exception or an epigraphic mistake (Stein 2003 a: 36 and fn. 149).

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [....]m ʾḥmd son of Mḫtʿm dedicated to ʿṯtr, Master of
   2  the sacrificial place of the fortress Ḍnʾn this statue, as He had ordered him
   3  in His oracle, i.e. to give Him a statue for the safety of his son L-
   4  ḥyʿṯtr. And may He grant them prosperity and safety and male (and) healthy
   5  children and perfect crops; by ʿṯtr S²rqn.
"for the safety of his intendant" (Jamme).

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 22, w. 48
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteJabal Ḍīn
Ancient siteḌnʾn
Geographical areaʿAmrān
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of ʿṯtr bʿl mḏbḥ Ḍnʾn
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Jamme 1976: 121-122, pl. 18 (facsimile)Jamme, Albert W.F. 1976. Carnegie Museum 1974-75 Yemen Expedition. (Special Publication, 2). Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum of Natural History.
Stein 2003 aStein, Peter 2003. Untersuchungen zur Phonologie und Morphologie des Sabäischen. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 3). Rahden: Marie Leidorf GmbH / Westf.: Marie Leidorf GmbH.