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CIH 187
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 |
| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [N]s²ʾkrb Yzʾn w-[... ...Yh]—
2 ʾmn bny Btʿ ʾqwl[ s²ʿbn S¹]—
3 mʿy ṯlṯt ḏ-Ḥmln [hqnyw s²y]—
4 m-hmw Tʾlb Rymm[ bʿl S²ṣ]—
5 rm ṣlmnhn ḥmdm[ b-ḏt hwf]—
6 y ʿbd-hw Ns²ʾk[rb Yzʾn ... ...]
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Ns²ʾkrb Yzʾn and [... ...] Yh- 2 ʾmn descendants of Btʿ ʾqwl of the tribe S¹- 3 mʿy, the third of ḏ-Ḥmln, dedicated to their 4 Patron Tʾlb Rymm Master of S²ṣ- 5 rm the two statues, in praise because 6 [Tʾlb] gratified His servant Ns²ʿkrb Yzʾn [... ...]. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ḥāz |
| Ancient site | Ḥzym |
| Geographical area | Hamdān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple Temple of Tʾlb Rymm bʿl S²ṣrm |
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CULTURAL NOTES
Robin 1982, 42: "Concernant Ḥmln, la seule indication explicite est donnée par CIH 180: les membres d'une famille appartenant à cette fédération y célèbrent une construction. Cela implique probablement que Ḥāz se trouvait en Ḥmln".
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Robin 1982 a | Robin, 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. |