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CIH 339
By kind permission of S. Rijziger
By kind permission of S. Rijziger
CIH: pl. XLII
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 | ||
| Measure of letters | 5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
TEXT
1 [... ... ʾs¹]ʾr w-ʾls¹ʿd w-bn-hmw Bdrm w-ʾḫ-hw bnw ḏ-Rmt ʾdm bny Hmdn brʾw w-hwṯrn w-hs²—
2 qrn byt-hmw Nʿmn w-ms³wd-hmw Ṯmrn b-mqm w-b-mlʾ Tʾlb Rymm bʿl Trʿt w-b-s²ym-hmw Tʾlb Rymm bʿl M—
3 rbḍn ḏ-Mdrm w-b-ʿṯtr ḏ-rʾs¹ Mdrm w-b-mnḍḥt-hmw w-b-S²ms¹-hmw w-b-rdʾ w-tḥrg ʾmrʾ-hmw bny Hm—
4 dn w-b-ws²ʿn ʾḫ-hmw s²ʿb[n ḏ]-Mdrm w-rṯdw byt-hmw ʿṯtr ḏ-rʾs¹ Mdrm bn kl mhbʾs¹m
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] ʾs¹ʾr and ʾls¹ʿd and their son Bdrm and his brother of the banū of Rmt, clients of the banū Hamdān, built, laid the foundations and 2 raised to top their house Nʿmn and its hall Ṯmrn, by the power and the favour of Tʾlb Rymm Lord of Trʿt and by their Patron Tʾlb Rymm Lord 3 of Mrbḍn of Mdrm and by ʿṯtr of the top of Mdrm and by their tutelary divinities and by their S²ms¹ and with the help and the authority of their lords 4 the banū Hamdān and by the favour of their brothers of the tribe ḏ-Mdrm and they committed their house to ʿṯtr of the top of Mdrm from whoever may damage. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 24, w. 43 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ṣirwāḥ-Arḥab |
| Ancient site | Mdrm |
| Geographical area | Arḥab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Archaeological context | Urban context: Private house |
| Notes | The stone was reemployed in the wall of the local mosque (thanks to S. Rijziger for the information). |
| Link to site record |