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CIH 584


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodB
Textual typologyConstruction text

GENERAL NOTES

The text does not show any Middle SAB linguistic innovations, but its script style is referable to the late period B, namely at the beginning of the Middle SAB phase (late 3rd-2nd c. BC).

TEXT

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   1  Lḥyʿṯt bn Mqrm ʿs¹ʾ w-
   2  bny ḥrt-hw l-ms¹qt nḫl-h—
   3  w Mwẓftn b-ʿṯtr w-b ʾlmqh

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Lḥyʿṯt, son of Mqrm, dug out and
   2  built his canal for the irrigation of his palmgrove
   3  Mwẓftn. By ʿṯtr and ʾlmqh.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 23, w. 49
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteMaʾrib
Ancient siteMryb / Mrb
Geographical areaMaʾrib
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextAgricultural irrigation context
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 223-225, n. 165 (photo)Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1931. Sabäische Inschriften. Rathjens-v. Wissmannsche Südarabischen-Reise. 1. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter.
Höfner 1936: 86Höfner, Maria 1936. Zur Interpretation altsüdarabischer Inschriften II. Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, 43: 77-108.