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CIH 452
Calvet and Robin 1997: 258-259, cat. 196
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 | Recessed |
| Execution technique | Incision |
TEXT
1 l-yqmʿn S²rq—
2 n ḏ-yḫrs²n
3 n[.]hn w-rṯ—
4 d S²rqn |
| Letter n reversed. | |
| 3 | Possibly an engraver mistake for nfs¹. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 May S²rqn 2 overthrow the one who will destroy 3 this (?); and he committed (it) to 4 S²rqn. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Paris, Louvre Museum, AO 5966 |
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Aniconic stela |
| Material | Alabaster |
| Dimensions | h. 24.7, w. 19.5, th. 5.6 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Calvet and Robin 1997: 258-259, cat. 196 | Calvet, 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. |