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CIH 500+CIH 364


Calvet and Robin 1997: 153, cat. 76

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

The complete text has two parts: ll.1-3=CIH 500 (Louvre), ll. 4-5=CIH 364 (Bibliotheque of Göttingen University).

TEXT

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   1  [... ...]dw b-ḏt mẓʾ ʿdy (hg)[rn ... ...]
   2  [... ...](ʿ)dy Lqṭ b-ʿbr mqt[t ... ...]
   3  [... ...]ḏ-mẓʾ b-wfym kl [... ...](ḏ)t ʾwly b-ʿm-hmy (b)[... ...]
   4  [... ... w-l wzʾ ʾlm]qh s¹ʿd-hmw nʿmtm [w-wfym w]-mngt ṣdqm ḏ-yhrḍw(n)-[hmy ... ...]
   5  [... ...]s²nʾ-hmw b-ʿṯtr w-Hb[s¹ w-ʾlmq](h) w-b-ḏt (Ḥm)ym w-ḏ(t) [Bʿdnm ... ...]

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...] because they reached the city [... ...]
   2  [... ...] at Lqṭ, on the responsibility of the mqtt [... ...]
   3  [... ...] because they reached successfully all [... ...] what they (d.) brought back together with them (d.) [... ...]
   4  [... ...] and may ʾlmqh continue to grant them prosperity and safety and good luck, which will satisfy them (d.) [... ...]
   5  [... ...] their enemy; by ʿṯtr, Hbs¹, ʾlmqh, ḏt Ḥmym and ḏt Bʿdnm [... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositParis, Louvre Museum, AO 7368
Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 12.7, w. 20, th. 7.3 (CIH 500); h. 20, w. 19 (CIH 364).
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaUnknown
CountryUnknown
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Calvet and Robin 1997: 153, cat. 76Calvet, 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.