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CIH 359
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 | Raised |
| Execution technique | Casting |
| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
GENERAL NOTES
| Authenticity doubtful according to CIH. |
TEXT
1 Tʾlb Rym—
2 m hḥdṯ l-ʿ—
3 bd-hw Rbb—
4 m Mʾḏnyn
5 | b-kn tqdm
6 | l-hw w-trṯ—
7 d Tʾlb ḏ—
8 n-mhdrn
| Reading by CIH. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Tʾlb Rym- 2 m entrusted to 3 His servant Rbb- 4 m of the tribe Mʾḏn, 5 when it was presented 6 to him and committed 7 to Tʾlb, the construction of (?) this 8 mhdrn. |
| The text has an unusual syntactical arrangement with the God apparently as author. | |
| CIH translates: "Taʾlabo Riyâmo inaugurata est a servo ipsius Rabîbo Maʾdhinensi, quando suscepta est ab ipso et commissa est Taʾlabo, haec camera". |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Plaque |
| Material | Bronze |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
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