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CIH 224
Rijziger 2018: 158, fig. 49
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 | Raised | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [... ...] w-bny-hmw S¹ʿds²ms¹m Y(ġn)m [...](w) [... ḏ]-(Ḥ)mln ʾd(m) [... ...]
2 [... ...] mḏqntn Trs³ b-mqm s²ym-hmw Tʾ(lb) Rymm bʿl Mṣ[r... ] [... ...
3 ... ... mr]ʾ-hmw S¹ḫmn Yhṣbḥ bn Btʿ w-b-rdʾ s²ʿb-hmw ḏ-hgrn Ḥ[zym ... ...]
4 [... ... mḏ]qnt-hmw [w]-byt-hmw ʿṯtr S²rqn w-T[ʾ]lb Rymm bʿl Mṣr[...] [... ...]
| 2 | Mordtmann and Mittwoch corrected the name of the sanctuary into the well known S²ṣrm, but the reading Mṣ[...] and Mṣr[... ...] at line 4 are sure. |
| 3 | At the end the integration Ḥzym is probable. |
| 4 | An integration rṯdw before mḏqnt is probable. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] and their son/sons S¹ʿds²ms¹ Yġnm [... ...] of the family Ḥmln, clients [... ...] 2 [... ...] the entrance-hall Trs³, by the power of their Patron, Tʾlb Rymm, Lord of Mṣ[r,,, ...] 3 [... ...] their lord S¹ḫmn Yhṣbḥ, of the family Btʿand with the help of their tribe of the city Ḥ[zym ... ...] 4 [... ...] their entrance-hall and their house to ʿṯtr S²rqn and Tʾlb Rymm, Lord of Mṣr[... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 20, w. 35 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ḥāz |
| Ancient site | Ḥzym |
| Geographical area | Hamdān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Tʾlb Rymm |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 70-72 (facsimile) | Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1931. Sabäische Inschriften. Rathjens-v. Wissmannsche Südarabischen-Reise. 1. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter. |
| Garbini 1970 b: 538, pl. 27/c | Garbini, Giovanni 1970. Antichità yemenite II. Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli, 30/4: 537-548. |
| Grjaznevič 1978: 30, fig. 27 | Grjaznevič, Petr A. 1978. Materiali ekspedicii P.A. Grjaznevičia 1966-1967 gg. Južnaja Aravija. Pamjiatniki Drevnej Istorii i Kultury. 1. Moscow: Glavnaja redakzija vostočnoj literatury. |
| Rijziger 2018: 158, fig. 49 | Rijziger, 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. |