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CIH 323


CIH: pl. XLI

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ...](rm )[.]r[... ...]
   2  [..](f b)rr bn ʿr ḏ-Qnm w-hns³(l )ʿr[... ...]—
   3  qtm b-kl ʾbrṯ b-hmw gz w-ʾtw hʾ ṯyln ʿ—
   4  dy ʾrḍ Mʾḏnm w-ḥmdw s²ʿbn mqm Tʾlb b-
   5  ḏt mtʿ mḥrmt-hmw w-hgr-hmw bn hwt ṯyl—
   6  n w-l wzʾ Tʾlb mtʿn s²ʿb-hmw w-ʾrḍ-hmw
   7  | bn nkym w-bʾs¹tm w-l s¹ʿd-hmw rḍy ʾmr—
   8  ʾ-hmw bny Btʿ w-kwn hʾ mtʿtn mtʿ bn |
   9  (hwt ṯyln) b-wrḫ qyẓ ḏ-ḫrf Ys¹mʿʾl bn S²—
  10  [... ...]

Apparatus
1ʿdrm hgrn ʿm[... ... (CIH).
2[ẓr]f; ll. 2-3: ʿrwrm [ms¹]-qtm (CIH).

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...]
   2  [... ...] erupted from the mountain ḏ-Qnm and caused [... ...]
   3  [... ...] in all the fields in which this lava-flow passed through and came back
   4  to the land of Mʾḏnm and the tribe praised the power of Tʾlb
   5  because He saved their sanctuaries and their town from that lava-flow
   6  and may Tʾlb continue to save their tribe and their land
   7  from mischief and harm and may He grant them the satisfaction of their lords
   8  the banū Btʿ; and this protection that saved them from
   9  that lava-flow happened in the month of the summer season of the year of Ys¹mʿʾl son of
  10  S²[... ...].

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositBerlin, Altes Museum (formerly Königlisches Museum), 2682
Support typeArtefact » Stela » Stela with framework
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 36, w. 48
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteal-Ḥuqqa
Ancient siteDmhn
Geographical areaBanī al-Ḥārith
CountryYemen
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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.