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CIH 328
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 |
GENERAL NOTES
| If the restoration of the name of Yrm ʾymn, proposed by the previous editors is correct, the text would date back to period D. |
TEXT
1 [... ... ]w-l s¹ʿd-hw rḍ(w) mrʾ-hm[w ... ...]
2 [... ...]mlk S¹bʾ w-l wḍʿ w-ṯbr[... ...]
3 [... ...]ʾ-hmw b-Tʾlb Rymm
| 1 | At the end of this line CIH reads a y and integrates: Y[rm ʾymn bn ʿlhn Nhf. [... ... w-]l s¹ʿd-hw rḍw mrʾ-hmw Y (Jamme, on the base of Mordtmann's photography). |
| 2 | At the beginning of this line CIH reads the final n of Nhfn. [rm ʾy](m)n mlk S¹bʾ w-l wḍʿ w-ṯbr; l.3: [kl s²n]ʾ-hmw b-Tʾlb Rymm (Jamme, on the base of Mordtmann's photography). |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Berlin, Altes Museum (formerly Königlisches Museum), 2690 |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 18, w. 44 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-Ḥuqqa |
| Ancient site | Dmhn |
| Geographical area | Banī al-Ḥārith |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Mordtmann 1893: pl. V | Mordtmann, Johannes H. 1893. Himjarische Inschriften und Alterthümer in den königlichen Museen zu Berlin. (Mitteilungen aus den orientalischen Sammlungen, 7). Berlin: W. Spemann. |
| Jamme 1962 a: 288 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1962. Sabaean Inscriptions from Maḥram Bilqîs (Mârib). (Publications of the American Foundation for the Study of Man, 3). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press. |