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CIH 430


Calvet and Robin 1997: 164-165, cat. 84

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

GENERAL NOTES

End of the 3rd century CE.

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ...]—
   2  l w-bny-hw S²(ʿ)[rm ... ...]
   3  ḏ-ṣry-hw ʾb(k)[rb ... ... ḏ-ṣry]-
   4  hw Tbʿkrb w-Krbʾl ḏ-[ṣry-hw ... ... bn]—
   5  w ḏ-Ṯʿn ʾkb(r) ʿdʾl w-[ ... ... hqnyw ʾl]—
   6  (h)-hmw ʿṯtr-ḏ-Ḏbn-b(ʿ)l-B[ḥr-Ḥṭbm ḏn ṣlmn ḏ-ḏ]—
   7  hbn ḥmdm b-ḏt ḫmr [ʿbd-hw ... ...]
   8  (m)rʾ-hmw S²mr Yhrʿs² [mlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn ... ...]

Apparatus
7ḥẓy w-rḍw] (Robin).

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...]-
   2  [... ...]l and their sons S²ʿrm [... ...]
   3  of whom the protector is ʾbkrb [... ...] of whom the protector
   4  is Tbʿkrb, and Krbʾl of whom the protector is [... ...] ba-
   5  nū ḏ-Ṯʿn, ʾkbr of ʿdʾl and [... ...] dedicated to their
   6  god ʿṯtr ḏ-Ḏbn, Master of Bḥr-Ḥṭbm, this statue in
   7  bronze, in praise because He granted His servant [... ...]
   8  of their lord S²mr Yhrʿs², king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān [... ...].

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositParis, Louvre Museum, AO 7367
Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 19, w. 18.8, th. 5.5
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteMaʾrib
Ancient siteMryb / Mrb
Geographical areaMaʾrib
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of ʿṯtr bʿl Bḥr Ḥṭbm
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Calvet and Robin 1997: 164-165, cat. 84Calvet, 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.