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CIH 354


CIH: pl. XL

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

TEXT

marker


   1  .lm[... ... w-]
   2  [R](ṯ)dm [... ...]—
   3  tyn hqnyy [s²ym]-
   4  [h]mw Tʾlb Rymm
   5  bʿl Gddn mqṭ—
   6  rn l-s¹ʿd-hmw nʿ—
   7  [mtm w]-wfym w-ʾṯmr
   8  ṣdqm w-rḍy ʾ—
   9  mrʾ-hmw bny Hm—
  10  dn

Apparatus
CIH reading.
3There is a space in the middle of the dedication verb, perhaps containing part of a decoration motif.
8rḍy appears rarely as a variant of rḍw in the texts from the jabal Riyām (cf. Stein 2003 a: 33, fn. 121).

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [.]lm[... ...] and
   2  Rṯdm [... ...]
   3  .. dedicated to their
   4  patron Tʾlb Rymm
   5  Master of Gddn the incense
   6  burner so that He may grant them
   7  prosperity, safety,
   8  abundant crops and the satisfaction
   9  of their lords the banū Ham-
  10  dān.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositIstanbul, Ancient Orient Museum, 7492
Support typeArtefact » Incense burner (mqṭr)
ShapeWith truncated pyramidal base
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 28, w. 25
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaUnknown
CountryUnknown
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of Tʾlb Rymm bʿl Gddn
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Stein 2003 aStein, Peter 2003. Untersuchungen zur Phonologie und Morphologie des Sabäischen. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 3). Rahden: Marie Leidorf GmbH / Westf.: Marie Leidorf GmbH.