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  • Editor(s)
    Alessandra Avanzini
    CSAI Team
  • First published
    2013-10-01
  • Last revised
    2019-12-01
  • DOI
    10.82194/dasi-epi-3813
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CIH 179


Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 120, fig. 90
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Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 120, fig. 90
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Rijziger 2018: 149, fig. 30

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

TEXT

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   1  (Ḥ)mdm ḏt S²q(r)[n w]-
   2  bt-h Rbbt bʿl b[...]
   3  [.]ty (Mʿ)dḥlk ḏt [..]
   4  [.]rm hqnyt ʾlh-[h b]—
   5  [ʿ]l bt-hmw ṣlmn ʿd[y]
   6  [..]rt bt-hmw ʾr(y)[... b]-
   7  [k]n tnṭʿt l-ʾlh-h (b)[ʿl]
   8  [....] (l)-(s¹ʿd)-(h) (wfy)-(h) [...]

Apparatus
2-3Rijziger 2018: 149-150 integrates: bʿl<t> bt ʾ-mty. ʾmty as an epithet of tye two mentioned women is probable, but it is difficult to understand what is: bʿl/bʿlt bt.
P.Stein in a personal communication to S.Rijziger suggests that bʿl b was a scribal mistake.
8At the beginning: bt-hmw is a possible integration (Rijziger).

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Ḥmdm she of S²qrn and
   2  her daughter Rbbt [...]
   3  (the two maidservants) of Mʿdḥlk she of
   4  [..]rm dedicated to her god [... ...]
   5  Master of their house the statue in
   6  [...] of their house ʾr[...]
   7  [when] she sujected (herself) to her god
   8  [... ...] may He grant her her well-being [... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 60, w. 30
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteḤāz
Ancient siteḤzym
Geographical areaHamdān
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
Archaeological contextReligious context
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 119-122 (facsimile)Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1931. Sabäische Inschriften. Rathjens-v. Wissmannsche Südarabischen-Reise. 1. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter.
Rijziger 2018: 148-150, fig. 30Rijziger, Sarah 2018. Sabaean inscriptions from Ḥāz, Yemen. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 29/2: 135-171. 2019/10/02; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/aae.12111.