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CIH 655


Höfner 1973: 14-15, pl. VI/2

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters10
Chronology
PeriodB
Textual typologyConstruction text

GENERAL NOTES

CIH 655=Gl 1093; CIH 655a=Gl 1355; Gl 1093 and Gl 1355 are different parts of the same text.

TEXT

marker


   1  Hwfʿṯt w-Ns²ʾk±rb ḏ±y Ḥbb hwṯry [w-hs²]—
   2  qr ḥrtn S²bm ms¹qt ± nḫl-hmy Mkr

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Hwfʿṯt and Ns²ʾkrb those of Ḥbb laid the foundations and completed
   2  the irrigation canal S²bm for the irrigation of their palmgrove Mkr.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteṢirwāḥ-Khawlān
Ancient siteṢrwḥ
Geographical areaṢirwāḥ
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
Archaeological contextAgricultural irrigation context: Canal S²bm
NotesThe inscription was reemployed in a muslim tomb.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Höfner 1973: 14-15, pl. VI/2Höfner, Maria 1973. Inschriften aus Ṣirwāḥ, Ḫaulān. (I Teil). Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 8. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 291/1). Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.