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CIH 333
CIH: i/iv, pl. XXXIV
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 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [... ...](bm) [w-Hw]fʿṯt [....]
2 [... ...]w ʿnnn hqnyw s²ym-(h)—
3 [mw T]ʾlb Rymm bʿl T(r)[ʿt] (ḏn) ṣ[l]—
4 [mn ḥ]mdm b-(ḏt) ḫmr T(ʾl)b ʿ[bd]
5 -[hw Mr]ṯdm [....ṣd]qm ḏ-hrḍw-hw (l)-[.]—
6 [... ...]hr Tʾlb w-tbs²r[n]
7 [... ...](T)ʾlb (k)-yḫ(mrn)-h[mw]
8 [... ...] w-ʾfql (ṣ)[dqm ... ...]
9 [... ...]mt-hmw hnʾm ḏ-(yh)[...]
10 [... ...](m)rn-hmw Tʾlb frʿ dṯʾ w-
11 [... ... ʿ](d)y (ʾ)rḍ-hmw w-ms²ymt-hmw w-T—
12 [ʾl](b) f-wqh ʾdm-hw bny ʿnnn b-[m]—
13 [s¹]ʾl hw kl yḏbḥnn-hw ṯwrm [..]
14 [....]ʾn drm drm b-ḫrfm w-Tʾl[b]
15 [....]s²ft w-tbs²rn ʿbd-hw (Mrṯdm)
16 [...](t) ṣdqm ḏ-yhrḍwn-(hmw) w-l [...]
17 [.. ]T(ʾ)lb Rymm bʿl Trʿt nʿ[mtm .]
18 [.... ](ṣ)dqm w-rḍw w-ḥṣy ʾ[mrʾ-hmw]
19 (ʾ)mlk S¹bʾ w-rḍw w-ḥṣy mrʾ-[hmw B]—
20 [r]g Yhrḥ(b) (w)-(ʾ)ḫy-hw ʾlhn bn(y)[ Hmd]—
21 [n] w-s²ʿb-hmw Ḥs²dm w-l (ḫ)ry(n)-hmw [Tʾ]—
22 [lb] (Ry)mm bn nḍʿ w-s²ṣy s²nʾm [b]-
23 [Tʾlb R](ymm) bʿl [Trʿ](t)
| 1 | Mrṯdm Mn]hbm w-Hwfʿṯt Yṯbr (CIH). |
| 2 | w-bn-hmw ]bnw (CIH). |
| 5 | [mqm ṣd]qm (CIH). |
| 5-6 | l-[wfy-hw w-b-ḏt s²]hr (CIH). |
| 7 | bny ʿnnn b-ms¹ʾl ] (CIH). |
| 8 | ʾṯmr ṣdq]m; ṣ[dqm ʿdy (CIH). |
| 9 | ʾrḍ-hmw w-ms²y]mt-hmw (CIH). |
| 9-10 | ḏ-yhrḍ[wn-hmw w-k-yḫ]mrn-hmw (CIH). |
| 11 | ḫrf ʿ]dy (CIH). |
| 13-14 | b-wr[ḫ ḏ-Mdr]ʾn (CIH). |
| 14 | Reversed ḫ |
| 15 | yzʾ]n (CIH). |
| 16 | mnl]t (CIH). |
| 16-17 | w-l s¹[ʿd-hmw T]ʾlb (CIH) |
| 17-18 | w-mnl]t (CIH) |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] 2 [... ...] of the banu ʿnnn dedicated to their patron 3 Tʾlb Rymm Lord of Trʿt this 4 statue in praise because Tʾlb granted to his 5 servant Mrṯdm [... ...] that satisfied him 6 [... ...] Tʾlb and announced good news 7 [... ...] Tʾlb so that grants them 8 [... ...] good crops [... ...] 9 [... ...] 10 [... ...] Tʾlb crops of the spring 11 in their lands and their fields and 12 Tʾlb ordered to his servants the banu ʿnnn in 13 his oracle all that they would give him in sacrifice, as a bull [... ...] 14 turn by turn in a year and Tʾlb 15 [... ... may] promise and announce good news to his servant Mrṯdm 16 [... ...] rightly which will satisfy them and may [... ...] 17 Tʾlb Rymm Lord of Trʿt favours 18 [... ...] righty and satisfaction and success to their lords 19 the kings of Sabaʾ and satisfaction and success to their lord Brg 20 Yhrḫb and his brother ʾlhn of the banu Hmdn 21 and their tribe Ḥs²dm and may Tʾlb Rymm 22 save them from the malice and the harm of the enemies; 23 by Tʾlb Rymm Lord of Trʿt. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Istanbul, Ancient Orient Museum, 7480 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 64, w. 22 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Jabal Riyām |
| Ancient site | Trʿt |
| Geographical area | Arḥab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple Tʾlb Rymm bʿl Trʿt |
| Link to site record |