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CIH 457
CIH: ii/ii, pl. XV
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 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 Rbʾwm ʾḫṭr w-Rṯd[ṯwn ... ... bn]—
2 w ʾbkrb bny ḏ-S¹ḥr [hqnyw ʿṯt]—
3 r w-S¹ḥr bʿly Nfq(n) [... ...]
4 ṯm<n>tn ʾṣlmn l-wfy mrʾy-h(m)[w Ḏmrʿly Y]—
5 hbr w-bny-hw Ṯʾrn mlky S¹b[ʾ w-ḏ-Rydn w]-
6 l wfy ʾdm-hmw Rbʾwm w-Rṯdṯ(wn) [w-bny ḏ-]
7 S¹ḥr w-l wfy ʾbyt-hmw ʾbyt ḏ-[S¹ḥr w-]
8 l wfy ʾṯmr-hmw w-[ʾfq](l)-hmw bn kl
9 qny-hmw b-kl (b)[rṯm rḥq]m w-qrbm w-l [s¹ʿ]—
10 d-hmw ʿṯtr [w-S¹ḥr ḥẓy w]-(rḍw) mrʾy-h[mw]
11 Ḏmrʿly Yhbr w-(bny)-(h)w Ṯʾrn mlky [S¹bʾ]
12 [w-ḏ-R]ydn w-ʿṯtr w-S¹ḥr f-l yhʿnnn w-(m)[t]—
13 [ʿn ʿ]bdy-hmy Rbʾwm w-Rṯdṯwn w-bny ḏ-(S¹)—
14 [ḥr w]-ʾbyt-hmw w-ʾṯmr-hmw bn bʾs¹t(m)
15 [w-nkyt]m w-nḍʿ w-s²ṣy s²nʾm ḏ-rḥq w-[qrb]
16 [b-ʿṯ]tr w-Hwbs¹ w-ʾlmqh w-b-ḏt (Ḥ)—
17 [mym w-b-ḏ]t Bʿdnm w-b ʿṯtr w-S¹ḥr w-b-s²ms¹ (m)—
18 [lkn Tn]f w-b-S²ms¹y-hmw bʿlty ʾwṯnm [... ...]-
19 [hm]w Ys¹rn w-rṯdw hqnyt-hmw ʿṯtr w-S¹[ḥr]
| 4 | Emendation by Stein 2003 a: 100, fn. 419. |
| 7-8 | ʾ]qny-hmw (CIH). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Rbʾwm ʾḫṭr and Rṯdṯwn [... ...], sons of 2 ʾbkrb, banū ḏ-S¹ḥr, dedicated to ʿṯtr 3 and S¹ḥr, Masters of Nfqn [... ...] 4 these eight statues, for the safety of their two lords Ḏmrʿly 5 Yhbr and his son Ṯʾrn, kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, and for 6 the safety of their vassals Rbʾwm and Rṯdṯwn and of the banū 7 ḏ-S¹ḥr, and for the safety of their houses, the houses of ḏ-S¹ḥr, and 8 for the safety of their crops and their harvests from all 9 their properties in every place, far and near; and so that 10 ʿṯtr and S¹ḥr should grant them the goodwill and satisfaction of their two lords 11 Ḏmrʿly Yhbr and his son Ṯʾrn, kings of Sabaʾ 12 and ḏu-Raydān; and may ʿṯtr and S¹ḥr help and save 13 the persons of their two servants Rbʾwm and Rṯdṯwn and of the banū ḏ-S¹ḥr 14 and their houses and crops from the harm, 15 mischief, maleficence and malice of any enemy, far and near; 16 by ʿṯtr, Hwbs¹, ʾlmqh, ḏt 17 Ḥmym, ḏt Bʿdnm,ʿṯtr and S¹ḥr, the solar deity 18 of the king Tnf, their two S²ms¹, Mistresses of ʾwṯnm, 19 their [... ...] Ys¹rn; and they committed their dedication to ʿṯtr and S¹ḥr. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Istanbul, Ancient Orient Museum, 7631 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 70, w. 40 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʿṯtr w-S¹ḥr bʿly Nfqn |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Stein 2003 a | Stein, Peter 2003. Untersuchungen zur Phonologie und Morphologie des Sabäischen. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 3). Rahden: Marie Leidorf GmbH / Westf.: Marie Leidorf GmbH. |