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CIH 220
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 [... ...]wm Yzl w-Mḫṭr [... ...]
2 [... ... S¹ḫy]mm w-ḏ-Ḫwln w-bnw ḏ-Ġym[n ... ...]
3 [... ...]m w-Rdmn w-Yrs¹m w-Ḫwln
4 [... ...] Tʾlb Rymm bʿl [S²](ṣ)rm ḏ[... ...]
5 [... ...]ḏt hws²ʿ Tʾlb Rymm [... ...]
| CIH suggested the following integrations: | |
| 1 | S¹ʿdʾ]wm. |
| 2 | Lʾy]mm. |
| 3 | w-Ḥmyr]m. |
| 4 | hqny]. |
| 4-5 | ḏ[n ṣlmn b]-ḏt. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ḥāz |
| Ancient site | Ḥzym |
| Geographical area | Hamdān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Tʾlb Rymm bʿl S²ṣrm |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
The members of the group S¹ḫymm are qayls of the tribe Yrs¹m settled in Ḫwln Qḍʿ (Robin 1982 a: 33).
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. |