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CIH 132


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision

GENERAL NOTES

Chronology between period C and D. The text is likely related to the construction of a private house.

TEXT

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      [... ...]
   1  [... ... ʾ]ḫṣb b-ʿly ṣrḥt-hmw Lʾt[... ...]
   2  [..] w-ṯny ms¹qfn ms²rqy w-mʿrby hyt ṣr—
   3  ḥtn b-rbʿ-[hmw] Yhʿn w-b S²ms¹-hmw
   4  bʿlt Ġḍ[rn ... ...]

Apparatus
0-1by]t-hmw (CIH); ʾḫṣb is the name of the house according to this reading.
3b-rbʿ-[hmw] Yhʿn is an integration by Robin (1982 a: 137, note 194); CIH reads b-rḍʿ [mrʾ-hmw].
4See CIH 573: 2, 6 for Ġḍrn as a sanctuary; in CIH 375=Ja 550: 1, 2 that is a name of goddess.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh.17, w. 60
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteShibām-Kawkabān
Ancient siteS²bm
Geographical areaal-Maḥwīt
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Robin 1982 aRobin, Christian J. 1982. Les hautes-terres du Nord-Yémen avant l'Islam. (2 vols), (Uitgaven van het Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut te Istanbul, 50). Istanbul: Nederlands Historisch-Archaelogisch Instituut te Istanbul.