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CIH 336
CIH: i/iv, pl. XXXV
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 |
| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
[... ...]
1 [... ...]
2 (ṯt)( )(Y)fd w-Hwtrʿṯt (Ys²)[... ...]
3 [..]bʿṯt Yhqbl bnw (T)ṣ[ḥ]
4 [bn] Yhs³ḥm (hqny)w s²y(m)-(h)[m]—
5 [w] Tʾlb Rymm ʿdy Trʿt [ḏ]—
6 [n] ṣlmn ḥg-n s¹twkl-hw ʿ[b]—
7 [d]-hw Ns²ʾkrb bn Tṣḥ (k)[.]
8 [..]nmy yhḥywn Krbʿṯt
9 [b](n) Tṣḥ bn mrḍ mrḍ b-Y—
10 [r]m w-k yhqnyn-hw ṣlm—
11 m w-yḏbḥn-h[w] ḏbḥm w-ḥ[m]—
12 d Ns²ʾkrb s²ym-hmw T[ʾ]—
13 [lb] (Rym)m b-ḏt ʾtw (k)[..]
| The text probably continued below l.12. | |
| 6-7 | k-ynmy (CIH). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
[... ...] 1 [... ...] 2 Yfd and Hwtrʿtṯ Ys²[... ...] 3 [..]bʿṯt Yhqbl of the banū Tṣḥ 4 of the banū Yhs³hm dedicated to their patron 5 Tʾlb Rymm in Trʿt this 6 statue as he sought favours from him, 7 his servant Ns²ʾkrb of the banū Tṣḥ, 8 [... ...] to make Krbʿṯt 9 of the banū Tṣḥ survive from the decease he suffered from 10 in Yrm, and so they would dedicate a statue to him 11 and make a sacrifice for him; and Ns²ʾkrb 12 praised their patron Tʾlb 13 Rymm because he brought (or, he came) [... ...]. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Bombay, Museum, 51 |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 45, w. 25 |
| 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 |