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CIH 289
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 | Recessed |
| Execution technique | Incision |
| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
GENERAL NOTES
| According to Jamme (1962: 290) the text is related to the events of Nami NN19. Ryckmans, Jacques (1951) set the text at the period of Nṣrm Yhʾmn. |
TEXT
1 [... ...]b[.] ṯnt—
2 [... ...] btḥr b—
3 [... ...] fqḥy w—
4 [... ...]t bn [...]m—
5 [... ...]dm bn s²r(q)n[ ..]rtʾ—
6 [... ...]ms¹m mqtwyt bn hm—
7 [..] ts¹[.]ʾn w-ṯhbt-hw kl
8 [... ...]n ġlmm w-b-mw-hwt w—
9 [... ...]rs²t Qlkh[l] ḏt Hmdn [... ...]
10 [... ...]rf s¹lmm bn yhʿn[... ...]
11 [... ...]dt [...]m bn Hmdn w-b-mw-hw[t ... ...]
12 [... ...]b-f-ys¹mʿn ḥs³mdn s³mdtnknʿ[... ...]
13 [... ...]mrʾn trh [..] k-gwb[.] s³ll w-s¹ʾr h[... ...]
14 [... ...]wb hwt[ ḫ]rfn tʾwlw w[-ʿ]dww ʿ[... ...]
15 [... ...]mryṭ[.]s¹nḥb[.]q[.] w-ḥmdm w-hwbltm [... ...]
16 [... ...]mm bʿd[. ]rt [...] b-[ʾ]rḍ ḥ[..]rm [.]w[.]rhmtm [... ...]
17 [... ...]ryftm [...]qdmn tr[.] [.]ʾrn ḏ-ry[..]w-ḥmy[... ...]
18 [... ...] ʿṯtr ḏt hw[..]n bt[... ...]
19 [... ...]n ḫrfn w-l-ḏt [..]nn [... ...]
20 [... ...]l tḥ[.]rbt w-ʾmlʾ y[... ...]
21 [... ... s¹]ʿd-hmw ʿṯtr wfy-hm[w ... ...]
22 [... ...]w-ʾṯt-hw Qlkhl b[... ...]
23 [... ...]-hmw Ḥs²dm w-l ṯbr-w-wḍʿ ʿṯt[r ... ...]
24 [... ...-h]mw w-s²[n]ʾ-hmw [ʿṯt]r bʿl Ṯnyn
| 1 | ʿṯtr] b[ʿl] Ṯn[yn (CIH). |
| 2 | b-tḥrb (CIH). |
| 4 | ʿṯ]t (CIH). |
| 5 | s¹ʿ]dm (CIH); s²rqn is a correction proposed by Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1934: 51, instead of CIH's s²ryn. |
| 6 | S²ms¹]m (CIH). |
| 7 | ts¹[b]ʾn (CIH). |
| 8, 11 | According to Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1934: 51 there is a word separator between w-b-mw and hwt. |
| 9 | b]-rs²t (CIH). |
| 10 | b-ḫ]rf (CIH). |
| 14 | ʿ[dy hgrn] (CIH). |
| 15 | Mryb w-[S¹]lḥ[n ]b-[w]f[ym] w-ḥmdm w-hwbltm[ w-ġn (CIH). |
| 16 | mm bʿd rt[blm] b-[ʾ]rḍ Ḥ[my]rm w-[b-]Rḥbtm (CIH). |
| 17 | w-b-]Rṣftm [w-b-]Qdmn[ ḏ-h]grn ḏ-Ry[dn ]w-Ḥmy[rm] (CIH). |
| 18 | f-hqnyw ʿdy Ṯnyn] ʿṯtr ḏt hq[nyt]n b-[ḏ]t (CIH). |
| 19 | ... ... b-ḏ]n ḫrfn w-l-ḏt [yhʿ]nn (CIH); [yzʾ]n (Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1934: 51). |
| 20 | ʿṯtr ʿbd-hw S²rḥʾl b-k]l tḥrbt[n] w-ʾmlʾ y[s¹t (CIH). |
| 21 | mlʾn b-ʿm-hw w-l s¹]ʿd-hmw ʿṯtr wfy-hm[w w-w (CIH). |
| 22 | fy mlkn S²rḥʾl ]w-ʾṯt-hw Qlkhl ḏ[t Hmdn (CIH). |
| 23 | w-wfy s²ʿb]-hmw (CIH). |
| 24 | kl ḍr-h]mw (CIH). |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Jabal Thanīn |
| Ancient site | Ṯnyn |
| Geographical area | Rayda |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple ʿṯtr bʿl Ṯnyn |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1934 | Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1934. Bemerkungen zu altsüdarabischen Inschriften. Orientalia, 3: 42-62. |
| Jamme 1962 b | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1962. Inscription rupestre et graffites qatabanites photographiés par le Major M.D. van Lessen. Rivista degli Studi Orientali, 37: 231-241. |
| Ryckmans, Jacques 1951 b | Ryckmans, Jacques 1951. Yarim Ayman II, roi de Saba (CIH 308, 328, 401 et 693). Le Muséon, 64: 133-150. |