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CIH 661


Rathjens 1953: 76, fig. 77

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

TEXT

marker


   1  ʾmrm Yḥl Lqẓn bn(y) w-hwṯr w-hs²—
   2  qr mḥfdn Ṣbwn bn tbt-hw b-mqm
   3  mrʾ-hw Ns²ʾkrb bn [... ...] ḏ-Ġymn

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  ʾmrm Yḥl Lqẓn built, laid the foundations and completed
   2  the tower Ṣbwn from its ?, by the power
   3  of his lord Ns²ʾkrb, son of [... ...] ḏu-Ġaymān.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 35, w. 100
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteGhaymān
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaGhaymān
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
Archaeological contextUrban context: Tower Ṣbwn
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Rathjens 1953: 76, fig. 77Rathjens, Carl 1953. Sabaeica. Bericht über die archäologischen Ergebnisse seiner zweiten, dritten und vierten Reise nach Südarabien. I. Teil. Der Reisebericht. (Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Völkerkunde in Hamburg, 24). Hamburg: Kommissionsverlag Ludwig Appel.
Bāfaqīh 1994 a: 9-11, fig. 2Bāfaqīh, Muḥammad ʿA. 1994. Nuqūš wa-dalālāt. Raydān, 6: 6-26. [Arabic section]