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CIH 404


Calvet and Robin 1997: 152, cat. 75

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 - fragmentary

TEXT

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   1  [... ... hqnyw ʾlmq](h) bʿl Ms¹kt w-Yṯw Br[ʾn]
   2  [... ...ʾ]zʾd s²mw l-ʾlmqh (b)-[q](d)[my ... ...]
   3  [... ... b-ḫrf ...]rb bn Tbʿkrb bn F[ḍḥm ... ...]
   4  [... ...] (f)rʿm w-kl ḏ-hrḍw-hmw [... ...]
   5  [... ... w-ḥmdw ḫy](l) w-m(q)m ʾlmqhw b-ḏt[... ...]

Apparatus
1Ms¹kt, Yṯw, Brʿn see CIH 314/5, 21, 29.
2b-qdmy [ḏt hqnytn or [ḏn ywmn are likely integrations.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ... they] dedicated to ʾlmqh, Master of Ms¹kt and Yṯw and Brʾn [... ...]
   2  [... ...] ʾzʾd established for ʾlmqh before [... ...]
   3  [... ...] in the year of [...]krb son of Tbʿkrb ibn Fḍḥm [... ...]
   4  [... ...] firstfruits and all that satisfied them [... ...]
   5  [... ...] and they praised the power and authority of ʾlmqh because [... ...].

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositParis, Louvre Museum, AO 7356
Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 22, w. 22.5, th. 7.8
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteal-ʿAmāyid / ʿArsh Bilqīs
Ancient siteBrʾn
Geographical areaMaʾrib
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl Ms¹kt w-Yṯw Brʾn
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Calvet and Robin 1997: 152, cat. 75Calvet, Yves and Robin, Christian J. 1997. Arabie heureuse. Arabie déserte. Les antiquités arabiques du Musée du Louvre. Avec la collaboration de Françoise Briquel-Chatonnet and Marielle Pic. Paris: Editions de la Réunion des musées nationaux.