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CIH 562
Calvet and Robin 1997: 214-215, cat. 130
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Boustrophedon | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Legal text - fragmentary | ||
| Royal inscription | Yes |
TEXT
1 [kn hṯb w-hḥr Yd](ʿ)ʾl Byn mlk S¹bʾ bn Krbʾl Wtr w-ʾdm-hw S¹b—
2 ʾ w-Fys²n b-klyt-hmw b-ʾʾrḫ w-mḥr b-hw yh(ṯ)[bnn ... ...]
3 [... ...ʾk](b)r-hmw w-ʿmt-hmw w-ṯkmt-hmw l-k-ḏ (ʾ)l s¹ʾlw S¹—
4 bʾ w-Fys²n s¹qy kl ms¹qym b-ḏbḥ rbʿm w-l-(k)-ḏ m(w)[... ...]
5 [... ...](y)trm w-b ʾbyt ʾlʾltn w-ʾl s¹ʾl s²ym kl ʾs²—
6 wbm hn ḥrḍm w-ʿgdm ḫbṭn w-dblm w-l ykn [... ...]
7 [... ... ʾ]rbʿt dblm (w)-bn qrs³n ʾfym ʾw ṯwr mntm [... ...]
8 [... ...]
| 5-6 | ʾs²ʿbm (CIH). |
| 8 | Part of some letters can be seen in the line. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 So decreed and ordained Ydʿʾl Byn king of Sabaʾ, son of Krbʾl Wtr, and his vassals of Sabaʾ and 2 Fayshān unanimously, in the acts and the decree by which they ordain [... ...] 3 their chiefs, their populace and their ṯkmt: let Sabaʾ 4 and Fayshān not lay claim to the irrigation of the irrigated land with a fourth sacrifice (Robin: "un sacrifice quadruple?"), and may [... ...] 5 [... ...]... in the temples of the gods; and let nobody lay claim to the offering of all the 6 ʾs²wbm, whatever they might be: meal-cake, ʿgdm ḫbṭn, ball of dates, and let it be [... ...] 7 [... ...] four balls of dates, and of the qrs³n-food one ʾfym or a bull mntm [... ...] 8 [... ...] |
| 7 | See Sima 2000: 147-148. He assumes that ʾfym could be a measure of capacity (contra, Beeston et al. 1982: "sort of foodstuff"). |
| Sima 2000 | Sima, Alexander 2000. Tiere, Pflanzen, Steine und Metalle in den altsüdarabischen Inschriften. Eine lexikalische und realienkundliche Untersuchung. (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur. Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission, 46). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. |
| Beeston et al. 1982 (=SD) | Beeston, Alfred F.L., al-Ghūl, Maḥmūd ʿA., Müller, Walter W. and Ryckmans, Jacques 1982. Sabaic Dictionary (English-French-Arabic). Dictionnaire Sabéen (anglais-français-arabe). Louvain-la-Neuve: Éditions Peeters / Beirut: Libraire du Liban. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Paris, Louvre Museum, AO 4540 |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 27, w. 72.5, th. 7 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Calvet and Robin 1997: 214-215, cat. 130 | 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. |