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CIH 312


CIH: i/iv, pl. XXXI

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodD
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary
Royal inscriptionYes

TEXT

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   1  [ʿl](h)n Nhfn bn Hmdn bn Y[rm ʾymn ml]—
   2  k [S¹b]ʾ hqny s²ym-hmw Tʾ(l)[b Rymm]
   3  [bʿl T]rʿt ḏn ṣlmn ḥmdm b-ḏ[t ... ...]
   4  [... ... h]ws²ʿn ʿbd-hw ʿlhn b-kn s¹[... ...]
   5  [... ...h]ʿnn b-ʿly lbʾynhn b-ḫlf Nʿ[... ...]
   6  [... ...]n Ẓfr w-hws²ʿ [... ...]l[... ...]

Apparatus
4-5s¹[bʾ l-h]ʿnn (CIH).
5-6Nʿ[mn b-hgr]n (CIH).
6[... ...]tl[... ...] (CIH).

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  ʿlhn Nhfn of the banū Hamdān son of Yrm ʾymn
   2  king of Sabaʾ dedicated to their Patron Tʾlb Rymm,
   3  Lord of Trʿt this statue in praise because
   4  [... ...] He granted to His servant ʿlhn when [... ...]
   5  He saved from the two lions (?) when ... in the province of [... ...]
   6  [... ...] Ẓfr and He granted [... ...].

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositBerlin, Altes Museum (formerly Königlisches Museum), 2679
Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 23, w. 39
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteJabal Riyām
Ancient siteTrʿt
Geographical areaArḥab
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple Tʾlb Rymm bʿl Trʿt
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Mordtmann 1893: pl. VIMordtmann, Johannes H. 1893. Himjarische Inschriften und Alterthümer in den königlichen Museen zu Berlin. (Mitteilungen aus den orientalischen Sammlungen, 7). Berlin: W. Spemann.