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CIH 557


Calvet and Robin 1997: 186-187, cat. 102

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

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ... h]—
   2  [qn](y)t ʾlh-(h)w [ʿzz]—
   3  (l)t ṣlmtn ḥmd—
   4  m b-ḏt hʿn w-m—
   5  tʿn grb ʾmt-h—
   6  w Ġḍr bn ʿws¹
   7  w-mwtn kwn b-
   8  kl ʾrḍn b-ʿz—
   9  zlt

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...]
   2  [... ...] dedicated to his god ʿzz-
   3  lt this statue, in praise
   4  because He saved and
   5  protected the person of his female servant
   6  Ġḍr against the epidemic
   7  and contagion that occurred in
   8  all the country; by ʿz-
   9  zlt.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositParis, Louvre Museum, AO 6269
Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 21, w. 12, th. 8
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaUnknown
CountryUnknown
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CULTURAL NOTES

Unique attestation of a divinity ʿzzlt, whose worship begins after the goddess Allāt is introduced by the Arabs in South Arabia (Robin).

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Calvet and Robin 1997: 186-187, cat. 102Calvet, 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.