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CIH 504 RES 634
Calvet and Robin 1997: 176-177, cat.93
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 Qylzʾd ʾmt Fwqm—
2 n hqnyt ḏt Bʿdnm
3 ms³ndn ʿḏbm b-ḏt
4 s³lbt bt-h ʾbʿly b—
5 n mbḥr ʿdn w-ʾl
6 ẓyt |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Qylzʾd, servant of Fwqm- 2 n dedicated to ḏt Bʿdnm 3 this inscription, as an amercement because 4 her daughter ʾbʿly drew water 5 from the well of ʿdn (?) when she was not 6 pure. |
| 4-5 | "elle a accompli les rites funéraires pour sa fille ʾbʿly contre ... ... alors qu'elle été impure" (Robin). Our translation follows Beeston 1977: 88 (in CIAS I.1) and Stein 2003 a: 204. |
| CIAS | Beeston, Alfred F.L., Pirenne, Jacqueline and Robin, Christian J. 1977-1986. Corpus des inscriptions et antiquités sud-arabes: Vol. I (1977): Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités; Vol. II (1986): Le Musée d’Aden. Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités. Louvain: Peeters. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres] |
| Calvet and Robin 1997 | 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. |
| 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. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Paris, Louvre Museum, AO 1131 bis |
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with framework |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 54, w. 33, th. 9 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
Sabaic penitential text commissioned by a woman and related to ritual impurity.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Calvet and Robin 1997: 176-177, cat. 93 | 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. |