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CIH 350
CIH: i/iv, pl. XXXVIII
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 |
TEXT
[... ...]
1 [... ...]r (s²)ʿbn Ḥs²dm b-hgrn [..]ḍ b-(s²)[ʿ]—
2 [bn ] (Ḥ)myrm w-tqdm mʾtn ʾs¹dm w-hġrw ʿ—
3 [d]y ʾrḍ Ḥmyrm w-hrg b-hw ʾs¹m w-b-ḏ[t]
4 [t](qd)m ḫms¹y w-mʾt ʾs¹dm ʿd[y] Mrd[m]
5 [b-ʾ](rḍ )(ʾ)lhn w-ʾḫḏ b-hw ṯny ʾ(s¹n) w-[b]-
6 [ḏt t]qdmw ḫms¹n b-ḫlf Dlg w-(hrg) b-(hw) [ʾ]—
7 [s¹]m w-b-ḏt tqdmw b-ʿm Ḥbs²t b-ḫ(lf) [..]—
8 [.] (w)-(hr)g b-hw (ʾ)s¹m w-b-ḏt tqdm (s²r)[ḥt.]
9 [.. ʿ]rbn [ʿs²r](m) w-mʾt ʾs¹dm w-(t)[q]dmw (b)-[ʿm]
10 Br(qn) w-h(r)g b-hw ʾ(s¹)m w-b-ḏt h(nḥ)l-[hw ʾm]—
11 rʾ-hw b[nw] Hmdn ʾfr(s¹)-hm(w) [... ...-h]—
12 mw f-hrg (ṯ)[n]y nmrn w-kl ḏ-[..](h b)-(ḏn m)[.]—
13 kḥn (ḏ)-(b)-hw hṯqf (ʾ)b(kr)b Y(h)s¹(kr) (ḍ)rʿ—
14 [n] ḏ-Ḫṭlm w-b-ḏt ḫmr-hw T(ʾ)lb hw(l)d—
15 [n ʿ]s¹m (ġ)lmm ʾḏ(kr)m w-l-wzʾ ḫmr-h(mw) [T]—
16 [ʾl]b ḥẓy w-rḍw ʾmrʾ-hmw bny Hmdn |
17 [w-s²ʿ]b-hmw Ḥs²dm w-(ʾṯ)mr ṣdqm ʿdy ms²[y]—
18 [mt-hm]w w-ʾrḍ-hmw w-l-hʿn-hmw (T)ʾlb
19 bn nḍʿ w-s²ṣy s²nʾm b-Tʾlb-R(y)[m](m) (bʿ)—
20 l Rḥbn
| 8-9 | s²rḥtm bn ʿrbn (CIH). |
| 9-10 | w-tqdmw Brqn (Beeston). |
| 11-12 | w-bmw nḥl[t-hmw (CIH, Beeston). |
| 12-13 | ḏ-[fqḥ] b-ḏn m[ṯ]kḥn (Beeston). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
[... ...] 1 ... the tribe Ḥšdm in the city [..]ḍ in (the territory of) the tribe 2 Ḥimyar and he led 200 men and they made a raid 3 into the land of Ḥimyar, where he killed one man; and because 4 he led 150 men into Mrdm 5 in the land of ʾlhn, where he captured two men and because 6 they made an expedition, fifty men in the region of Dlg, where he killed 7 one man and because they made an expedition against the Ḥbs²t in the region of [... ...], 8 where he killed one man and because he led and auxiliary column 9 of Arabs, 110 men, and they made an expedition against 10 Brqn, where he killed one man, and because his lords of the banu Hmdn 11 hired out to him their horses [... ...] 12 so he killed two chieftains and all [... ...] 13 the one on which ʾbkrb Yhs¹kr declared the defeat 14 of ḏ-Ḫṭlm; and because Tʾlb granted him 15 to beget many male children; and may Tʾlb 16 continue to grant him the favour and the satisfaction of their lords the banu Hmdn 17 and their tribe Ḥs²dm, and good crops in their 18 fields and their land; and may Tʾlb save them 19 from the harm and the malice of the enemies; by Tʾlb Rymm 20 Lord of Rḥbn. |
| 6 | they acted as a vanguard of the khamīs (Beeston 1976 b: 43). |
| 11 | and by means of the force (so) hired from them (Beeston 1973: 453). |
| 12 | and (achieved) all that he has declared on this monument (Beeston 1937 a). |
| Beeston 1937 a | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1937. Sabaean inscriptions. Oxford. |
| Beeston 1973 | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1973. Notes on Old South Arabian lexicography VIII. Le Muséon, 86: 443-453. |
| Beeston 1976 b | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1976. Warfare in ancient South Arabian (2nd.-3rd. centuries A.D.). Qahtan. Studies in Old Arabian Epigraphy. 3. London: Luzac and Co. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Istanbul, Ancient Orient Museum, 7485 |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 40, w. 30 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Tʾlb Rymm bʿl Rḥbn |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Conti Rossini 1931: 66-67 | Conti Rossini, Carlo (=Karolus) 1931. Chrestomathia Arabica Meridionalis Epigraphica. Rome: Istituto per l'Oriente. |
| Beeston 1937 a: 41-43 | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1937. Sabaean inscriptions. Oxford. |