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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-3817
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CIH 185


Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 112, fig. 83
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Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 112, fig. 83
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Rijziger 2018: 150-151, fig. 32

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
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ...]m w-[... ...]
   2  [... ...]-S²rḥʾl w-b[ny-hmw b]—
   3  [nw] ḏ-Dmhn (ʾ)d[m ... ...]
   4  [h]qnyw s²ym-hm[w Tʾlb]
   5  [R]ymm bʿl S²ṣ[rm]
   6  ṣlmnhn l-wf[y ... ...]
   7  Ns²ʾkrb Y[... ...]
   8  [w-l] s¹ʿd-h[mw ... ...]
   9  [... ...ṣd]qm ʿ[dy ... ...]
  10  [... ...]
  11  mrʾ-hm[w ... ...]
  12  [... ...](ṯ)d[... ...]

Apparatus
Reading after Mordtmann and Mittwoch. CIH gives a slightly different arrangement of the text.
3ʾd[m bn Btʿ according to Mordtmann and Mittwoch; CIH suggests ʾ[ḥs²dn.
6l-wfy [ʿbd-hw (Mordtmann and Mittwoch).
8-9Probably to be integrated w-l s¹ʿd-h[mw Tʾlb ʾṯmr ṣd]qm ʿdy ʾrḍ-hmw. Rijziger 2018: 150 prefers to integrate: w-ʾfql
10The line has been read by Rathjens, von Wissmann; Rijziger 2018: 150: [w-ʾs¹r](r)[r-hmw w-ḥẓy w-rḍw].

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 50
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteḤāz
Ancient siteḤzym
Geographical areaHamdān
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of Tʾlb Rymm bʿl S²ṣrm
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 112-113 (facsimile)Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1931. Sabäische Inschriften. Rathjens-v. Wissmannsche Südarabischen-Reise. 1. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter.
Rijziger 2018: 150-151, fig. 32Rijziger, 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.