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CIH 339 bis
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 | Construction text |
GENERAL NOTES
| Cf. CIH 339's photo. |
TEXT
1 [... ... ʾ]s¹ʾr Yʿrr w-ʾl[s¹ʿ]d [.]f(n) w-[Bdr]m [..]nrm w-[.]rm bnw Ḏrm ḏ-Rmt ʾdm [b]n[w] Hmd—
2 [n bn]yw w-hwṯrn w-hs²qrn byt-hmw Nʿmn w-ms³wd-hw Ṯmrn w-kl ṣrḥt-hw b-mqm |
3 [w-b-mlʾ] Tʾlb Rymm bʿl Trʿt w-Mrbḍn *w-b*-[ʿṯ]tr ḏ-ʿr Mdrm w-S²ms¹-hmw w-mnḍ—
4 [ḥt]-hmw w-b-rdʾ ʾmrʾ-hmw S²rḥm ʾymn w-bny-hw bny Hmdn w-b-[w]s²ʿn ʾḫ-hmw s²ʿbn
5 [ḏ-M]drm w-rṯdw byt-hmw ʿṯtr bn mhbʾs¹m
| 1 | [Ḥ]fn w-Bdrm [Gb]nrm w-[Ḫ]rm (CIH). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] ʾs¹ʾr Yʿrr and ʾls¹ʿd [.]fn and Bdrm and [..]nrm and [.]rm of the banū Ḏrm of Rmt, clients of the banū Hamdān, 2 built, laid the foundations and raised to top their house Nʿmn and its hall Ṯmrn and all its upper rooms, by the power 3 and the favour of Tʾlb Rymm Lord of Trʿt and of Mrbḍn and by ʿṯtr of the citadel of Mdrm and their S²ms¹ and their tutelary 4 divinities and with the help of their lords S²rḥm ʾymn and his sons of the banū Hamdān and by the favour of their brothers of the tribe 5 ḏ-Mdrm and committed their house to ʿṯtr from whoever may damage. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ṣirwāḥ-Arḥab |
| Ancient site | Mdrm |
| Geographical area | Arḥab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Urban context: Private house |
| Link to site record |