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CIH 259


Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 135, fig. 116

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

Stein 2003 a, 32 fn. 113: the most ancient attestation of qyl instead of qwl.

TEXT

marker


   1  (ʾl)whb ʾrym ḏ-ʿ(l)[.]
   2  [k]br w-ʿqb bt qyln w-tqdm
   3  byt qyln Yrs³ w-Kwkb(n)

Apparatus
1ḏ-ʿrn (CIH on the basis of CIH 256, l. 4); ḏ-ʿln (Mordtmann and Mittwoch and Höfner); possibly also ḏ-ʿgn (cfr. CIH 264, Robin 1982 II, 103).
3reversed final n.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  ʾlwhb ʾrym ḏ-ʿl[.]
   2  enlarged and added (parts to) the house of the qyl and was in charge of
   3  (the works in) the house of the qyl Yrs³ and Kwkbn.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteBayt Ghufr
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaHamdān
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextUrban context: Private house Yrs³ w-Kwkbn
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 135-138 (facsimile)Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1931. Sabäische Inschriften. Rathjens-v. Wissmannsche Südarabischen-Reise. 1. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter.
Höfner 1936: 91Höfner, Maria 1936. Zur Interpretation altsüdarabischer Inschriften II. Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, 43: 77-108.
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.