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CIH 242


Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 125, fig. 95

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 typologyConstruction text - fragmentary

TEXT

marker


      [... ...]
   1  [... ...]m[.] w-S²rḥʾl w-S¹ʿdm w-bn-hmw L[... ...]
   2  [... ...] hwṯrw w-hs²qrn byt-hmw Rḥbn b-[rdʾ ... ...]
   3  [... ... ʾ]mrʾ-hmw Rdmm Yrḥb w-bny-hw Hw[... ...]
   4  [... ...ʾbʿ]l hgr-hmw w-b-mqymt ʾdm-hmw [... ...]

Apparatus
3w-b rdʾ ʾ]mrʾ-hmw; at the end Hw[fʿṯt (Mordtmann and Mittwoch).

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...] S²rḥʾl, S¹ʿdm and their son L[... ...]
   2  [... ...] laid the foundations and completed their house Rḥbn by the help [... ...]
   3  [... ...] their lord Rdmm Yrḥb and his son Hw[... ...]
   4  [... ...] lords of their town, and by the power of their vassals [... ...].

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 19, w. 79
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteBayt Ghufr
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaHamdān
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 125 (facsimile)Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1931. Sabäische Inschriften. Rathjens-v. Wissmannsche Südarabischen-Reise. 1. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter.