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CIH 416


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

TEXT

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   1  [... ...]w ʿq(r)[.. .]ṭwd w-(ʾ)↯ḫ-hw (Ṯ)[.](b)( w)-(S²rḥm) w-R(b)ʾl bnw
   2  Wʾrn ʾdm bn S¹ʾrn ↯brʾw w-hwṯr↯(n) w-hs²qrn byt-hmw Yfʿn b-ʿṯ—
   3  tr (w)-H(b)s¹ w-ʾlmqh w-(b)-ḏt (Ḥm)ym w-↯b-ḏt B(ʿd)nm w-b mqm w-rdʾ ʾmr—
   4  (ʾ)-[hm]w (H)[....]t w-bn-hw [...](m) (w)-(ʾlr)m (bny )(S¹)[ʾrn ... ...] s²w—
   5  [... ...]

Apparatus
1at the beginning CIH reads [... ... w-]bn-hw ʿqrbn ʾṭwd w-ʾḫ-hw Ṯwb. The noun ʾḫ is a rare exception in place of the middle SAB regular marked plural ʾḫy (Stein 2003 a: 51, fn. 17).
4Mordtmann and Müller, David H. 1883: 71 read Hw[f]ʿṯt w-bn-hw [..]ʿm w-[ʾ]grm bny S¹[....]n [w]-b mqymt s²wʿ. CIH reads H[....]t w-bn-hw Fr[ʿ]m w-[.]lrm b[n]y S¹[ʾ]rm [w]-b mqymt s²w[ʿ. However, if we consider the left alignment of the lines, there is no space for the final integrated ʿ in l.4, while the traces of a fifth line can still be seen.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...] ʿqr[..] [.]ṭwd and his brothers Ṯ[.]b, S²rḥm and Rbʾl, sons of
   2  Wʾrn, servants of the banū S¹ʾrn, built, founded and completed their house Yfʿn, by ʿṯtr,
   3  Hbs¹, ʾlmqh, ḏt Ḥmym and ḏt Bʿdnm and with the power and the help
   4  of their lords H[... ...] and his brother [...]m and ʾlrm, banū S¹ʾrn [... ...] ...
   5  [... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositIstanbul, Ancient Orient Museum, 7497
Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 30, w. 106, th. 13
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaUnknown
CountryUnknown
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Mordtmann and Müller, David H. 1883Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Müller, David H. 1883. Sabäische Denkmälern. (Denkschriften der Kaiserilichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 33). Vienna: In commission bei Karl Gerold's Sohn.
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.