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CIH 341


CIH: i/iv, pl. XXXVI

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodD
Textual typologyDedicatory text

GENERAL NOTES

According to CIH, the temple of Qdmn was in the town of Damhān (see CIH 342b "ʿdy Qdmn ḏ-Dmhn"), while Mordtmann and Müller placed it near al-Khaid; Robin 1982 a: i, 48, 51.

TEXT

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   1  Yḫḍf w-bn-hw
   2  S¹ʿdqnn ʾdm
   3  bn Rms¹m hq—
   4  ny Tʾlb [R]—
   5  ymm bʿl Qd—
   6  mn ḏn ṣlmn
   7  l-wfy-hmw w-l
   8  s¹ʿd-hmw nʿm—
   9  tm w-rḍw ʾm—
  10  rʾ-hmw

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Yḫḍf and his son
   2  S¹ʿdqnn clients of
   3  the banū Rms¹m dedicated
   4  to Tʾlb Rymm
   5  Lord of Qdmn
   6  this statue,
   7  so that he might save them and
   8  grant them favours
   9  and the satisfaction of
  10  their lords.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositIstanbul, Ancient Orient Museum, 7483
Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteal-Ḥuqqa
Ancient siteDmhn
Geographical areaBanī al-Ḥārith
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of Tʾlb Rymm bʿl Qdmn
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Conti Rossini 1931: 43Conti Rossini, Carlo (=Karolus) 1931. Chrestomathia Arabica Meridionalis Epigraphica. Rome: Istituto per l'Oriente.
Robin 1982 aRobin, Christian J. 1982. Les hautes-terres du Nord-Yémen avant l'Islam. (2 vols), (Uitgaven van het Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut te Istanbul, 50). Istanbul: Nederlands Historisch-Archaelogisch Instituut te Istanbul.