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CIH 613
CIH: iii/i, pl. XXXVIII
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 | Legal text |
TEXT
1 [... ...]t bny Myṯʿm b-kn tʿlmy Hwfʿṯt w-W[... ...]
2 [... ...] ḏ-ydʿ w-fqḥ ḏ-ʿdʾl nḫly bn Kbṯm rḍw [... ...]
3 [... ...] bny Krbʿṯt bn Myṯʿm w-bn ʾs¹mʿ-hw Ns²[ʾkrb ... ...]
4 [... ... ḏ]y s¹ṭry w-s¹my w-hs³nn b-ʾṯwbt w-gbʾn w-r[... ...]
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...]t banū Myṯʿm, when Hwfʿṯt and W[... ...] authenticated 2 [... ...] which is known; and ḏ-ʿdʾl extended the two palmgroves of the banū Kbṯm with the satisfaction of (?) [... ...] 3 [... ...] son of Krbʿṯt banū Myṯʿm and from his witnesses Ns²ʾkrb [... ...] 4 [... ...] which they both wrote and named, and realized the transaction and imposed tithes and [... ...] |
| 4 | According to Stein (2003 a: 80, fn. 285), since the name ʾṯwbt is found beside singular words in other inscriptions of similar content, the form should be considered as a singular too. |
| 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
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
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