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CIH 535
CIH: ii/iii, pl. XXII
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 |
GENERAL NOTES
| See CIH 534 as a text from the same context. |
TEXT
1 S¹ʿdʾwm w-bny-hw [....]—
2 m bny ʾws¹ʾl ʾḥ(nkn) [ʾ]—
3 dm mlkn hqnyw ḏ-S¹my b—
4 ʿl Bqrm ṣlmn w-ʾ(b)lnhn
5 ʾly ḏhbn [l-w]fy (gr)ybt-hm—
6 w w-wfy ʾwld-hmw w-bʿr-hmw
7 w-l-(ḫmr)-hmw ḏ-S¹my rḍw lb-[hw]
8 w-s¹ʿ(d) ymn-hw w-l-h<ʿ>nn w-mtʿ—
9 n ḏ-S¹my ʿbd-hw S¹ʿdʾwm bn [b]—
10 dln bʿr yqnyn w-l-ḫ(ry)n ʾ(dm)-[h]—
11 w bny ʾws¹ʾl bn s²ṣy (s²)[nʾm]
| 2 | ʾḥnn (CIH). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 S¹ʿdʾwm and his son [....]- 2 m banū ʾws¹ʾl, the Hanakites, vassals 3 of the king, dedicated to ḏ-S¹my 4 Master of Bqrm the statue and the (two?) camels 5 in bronze, for the safety of their persons, 6 and the safety of their children and their cattle, 7 and so that ḏ-S¹my should grant them the satisfaction of his heart 8 and the fortune of their hand, and that ḏ-S¹my should help and save 9 His servant S¹ʿdʾwm from the sickness 10 of the cattle he possesses, and protect their vassals, 11 banū ʾws¹ʾl, from the malice of the enemy. |
| 8 | "la bienveillance de son coeur et l'assistence de sa (main) droite" (Robin 2013: 129). |
| Robin 2013 | Robin, Christian J. 2013. À propos de Ymnt et Ymn: « nord » et « sud », « droite » et « gauche », dans les inscriptions de l'Arabie antique. Pages 119-140 in Françoise Briquel-Chatonnet, Catherine Fauveaud and Iwona Gajda (eds). Entre Carthage et l’Arabie heureuse. Mélanges offerts à François Bron. (Orient & Méditerranée, 12). Paris: de Boccard. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Marble |
| Dimensions | h. 22, w. 16, th. 9 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ḏ-S¹my bʿl Bqrm |
| Link to site record |