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CIH 313


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

TEXT

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   1  [... ...](t) (ʾ)[ḥ](ṣ)n w-bn-hw ʿm[... ...]
   2  [... ... hqnyw] ḏn ṣlmn ḥmdm b-ḏt hʿn [... ...]
   3  [... ...](h)ʿn w-mtʿn w-hs²ryn bn hwt ʾns¹n [... ...]
   4  [... ...]w w-ys²ṣynn b-hmw s²nʾm w-Tʾlb Ry[mm ... ...]
   5  [... ...](l)-ʾmrʾ-hmw bny ʾʿyn k-ys¹ʿdn-hmw nʿ[mtm ... ...]
   6  [... ...]ʾqny-hmw w-k yhʿnn-hmw w-krr-hmw [... ...]
   7  [... ...]s¹ʿd-hmw rḍw w-wfy ʾmrʾ-hmw Brg Yh[rḥb ... ...]
   8  [... ... L]ḥyʿṯt bn Yhs³ḥm b-Tʾlb Rymm b[... ...]

Apparatus
CIH proposes a complete restoration of the text.
8bʿ[l Trʿt (CIH).

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...] ʾḥṣn and his son ʿm[... ...]
   2  [... ... dedicated] this statue in praise because he helped [... ...]
   3  [... ...] helped, saved and protected from that man [... ...]
   4  [... ...] and will bear malice towards them at enmity and Tʾlb Rymm [... ...]
   5  [... ...] to their lords the banu ʾʿyn so that grants them favours [... ...]
   6  [... ...] their properties and that helps them and their ? [... ...]
   7  [... ...] grants them the satisfaction and the safety of their lords Brg Yhrḥb [... ...]
   8  [... ...] Lḥyʿṯt son of Yhs³ḥm by Tʾlb Rymm [... ...].

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositBerlin, Altes Museum (formerly Königlisches Museum), 2673
Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 33, w. 40
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteJabal Riyām
Ancient siteTrʿt
Geographical areaArḥab
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

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