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CIH 436


Calvet and Robin 1997: 165-166, cat. 85

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 typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT

marker


   1  Hḥyʿṯ[t ... ... bn]
   2  Mʿdkr[b w-bny-hw Y]—
   3  hʿn ḏ-[... ...]—
   4  (rb) bnw Ṯwr(m) [hqnyw ʿṯtr]
   5  ḏ-Ḏbn bʿl B[ḥr Ḥṭbm ḏn]
   6   ṣlmn ḏ-ḏhb[n ḥmdm b-ḏt]
   7  hwfy ʿṯtr ʿb[d-hw Hḥyʿṯt]
   8  w-bny-hw Yhʿn [... ...]
   9  [.]n rs²wtm ḏ-[... ...]
  10  [m]rʾ-hw ʿṯtr [... ... b]—
  11  [n] kl ʾbyt [... ...]

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Hḥyʿṯt [... ...] son of
   2  Mʿdkrb and his son(s) Y-
   3  hʿn ḏ-[... ...]
   4  .. banū Ṯwrm dedicated to ʿṯtr
   5  ḏ-Ḏbn, Master of Bḥr Ḥṭbm, this
   6  statue in bronze, in praise because
   7  ʿṯtr protected His servant Hḥyʿṯt
   8  and his son Yhʿn [... ...]
   9  [..] priesthood of [... ...]
  10  his Lord ʿṯtr [... ...]
  11  from all the temples [... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositParis, Louvre Museum, AO 7369
Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 38.5, w. 13.4, th. 6
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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: 165-166, cat. 85Calvet, 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.