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CIH 291


Mordtmann 1893: pl. IV/2688

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ...](w)-ʾkry w-mgzʿt[.]—
   2  [... ...] (s²ʿbn ḏ)-(h)grn ʾknṭ bltn
   3  [... ...]bny Hmdn w-mn-(m)w ḏ-ys²ʾmn
   4  [... ...]bn s¹twṯqn w-s¹tzʾdn blt—
   5  [n ... ...]Hmdn f-l yḫbn bn s²rʿ-hw w-
   6  [... ...]m w-ms²m w-krf w-ʾbʾr ys²(ʾm)
   7  [... ...]dbrn w-s¹tṯwbn f-l ygbʾn l-bʿl-h—
   8  [... ...]ʾns¹n ḏ-hwḥbw f-l yḫbn bn (s²r)—
   9  [ʿ-hw ... ... w-]mn-mw ʾns¹m ḏ-yhwḥbn w-hrʾbn w-
  10  [... ...]ʾw [...]zʾd(m) f-l (y)—
  11  [... ...]

Apparatus
3w-mnʿw (Mordtmann); the correction w-mn-(m)w is suggested by Nebes 1995: 64 (to see also for the translation of ll. 3, 8-11).
8[w-...]ʾns¹n ḏ-yhwḥbw.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositBerlin, Altes Museum (formerly Königlisches Museum), 2688
Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 38, w. 42
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteJabal Thanīn
Ancient siteṮnyn
Geographical areaRayda
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Mordtmann 1893: pl. IVMordtmann, Johannes H. 1893. Himjarische Inschriften und Alterthümer in den königlichen Museen zu Berlin. (Mitteilungen aus den orientalischen Sammlungen, 7). Berlin: W. Spemann.
Nebes 1995 aNebes, Norbert 1995. Die Konstruktionen mit /fa-/ im Altsüdarabischen. Syntaktische und epigraphische Untersuchungen. (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission, 40). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.