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CIH 257


Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 128, fig. 98

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

GENERAL NOTES

If we accept Mordtmann and Mittwoch's hypothesis that this inscription is a copy of CIH 172+241, we date the text back to period D.

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ... ʾ]ḫ(y)-hw ʾs¹(d)[... ...]
   2  [... ...]w w-hwṯrn w-[... ...]
   3  [... ...](T)ʾlb-Rymm w-b-m[qm ... ...]
   4  [... ... S¹]bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn bny[... ...]

Apparatus
Mordtmann and Mittwoch restore the lacunae on the basis of CIH 172+241, as they consider this fragment a copy of it.
1[... ... w-ʾ]ḫ[y]-hw ʾs¹d[m Yġnm w-bny-hmw S²rḥm Yhḥmd (Mordtmann and Mittwoch).
2bny]w w-hwṯrn w-[hs²qrn byt-hmw ..... b-s²ym-hmw (CIH); bnw Btʿ brʾ]w w-hwṯrn w-[hs²qrn byt-hmw Ġyln (Mordtmann and Mittwoch).
3w-b-mq[m w-rdʾ ... ... mlky (CIH); b-rdʿ s²ym-hmw ]Tʾlb-Rymm w-b-m[qm mlky-hmw ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb (Mordtmann and Mittwoch).
4w-Yʾzl Byn mlky S¹]bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn bny[ Frʿm Ynhb mlk S¹bʾ (Mordtmann and Mittwoch). Jamme 1962 a: 312 states that there is no proof for the restoration of the kings' names, which could also be S¹ʿds²ms¹m ʾs¹rʿ and his son Mrṯdm Yhḥmd.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 25, w. 30
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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: 128-129 (facsimile)Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1931. Sabäische Inschriften. Rathjens-v. Wissmannsche Südarabischen-Reise. 1. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter.
Jamme 1962 aJamme, Albert W.F. 1962. Sabaean Inscriptions from Maḥram Bilqîs (Mârib). (Publications of the American Foundation for the Study of Man, 3). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press.