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CIH 256


Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 127, fig. 97

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRaised
Execution techniqueIncision
Textual typologyConstruction text

GENERAL NOTES

It is doubtful whether the inscription originally came from Bayt Ġufr or from the nearby ʿIrrān, as the text records the construction of a house in the site of ʿrn.

TEXT

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   1  [..]ʿ[.]t w-ʾ(l)s¹ʿd (ʾ)rym w-ʾḫ—
   2  [y-h]my w-bny-hmy bny ḏ-Rglt
   3  [...](ʿ) Mrml brʾw w-hwṯrn w-hs²q—
   4  [rn by](t)-hm Yfʿn ḏ-b-hgrn ʿr(n) |

Apparatus
1[Lḥyʿṯ]t (CIH). The copy records ʾrym, while in the facsimile the first letter seems a S¹.
2An empty space between m and y of w-bny-hmy in the RW (Rathjens and Wissmann) facsimile (Mordtmann and Mittwoch: 127), is filled with a circle (to be restored as a w) in Glaser's facsimile. It probably was an erased writing error (cf. Stein 2003 a: 135); ḏ with three horizontal traits.
3[hw]rw (CIH); it is probable that Mrml is a toponym, corresponding to modern Marmal - near Banī Zubayr - where there was a sanctuary of Tʾlb.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...] and ʾls¹ʿd ʾrym and their
   2  brothers and their clan, the clan of Rglt
   3  [....] Mrml constructed and founded and completed
   4  their house Yfʿn, the one in the town of ʿrn.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteBayt Ghufr
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaHamdān
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 127-128 (facsimile)Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1931. Sabäische Inschriften. Rathjens-v. Wissmannsche Südarabischen-Reise. 1. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter.
Stein 2003 aStein, Peter 2003. Untersuchungen zur Phonologie und Morphologie des Sabäischen. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 3). Rahden: Marie Leidorf GmbH / Westf.: Marie Leidorf GmbH.