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CIH 963+CIH 962+CIH 978


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ...] w-bn-hw ʾbkrb hq↯—
   2  [nyw] ʾlmqhw ↯ bʿl-ʾwm ṣlmm (ḏ)—
   3  [..]hm ḏ-s²ft-hw ↯ l-qbly ḏ-ḏmr-hw
   4  Ṯwbṯwn Yrḥ[b] ↯ [... ... ʾ]dm ʿb—
   5  [.] ḏ-Ḥbb k↯ [... ...]q bn-h—
   6  [mw] b-Ṣnq↯[n] [... ... ʾ]bkrb [..]
   7  bym w-↯[... ...] ḏ-ḥlẓ
   8  [...]n-hmw ↯[... ...] (l)-kṣ(b)
   9  [...] ʾbk[r↯b ... ...]
  10  [S¹ʿ](d)ʿṯt ↯ [... ...]
  11  [... ...]
  12  [..](kn hq)↯[ny... ...]
  13  [..] ḏt ḫm↯ [... ...]
  14  [..]wm [..]↯[... ...]
  15  [..]lʾ b-ʿm-hw kt[.]d(n) ʾ[....] ↯ [... ...]
  16  [....]w-wfdt ẓlmm w-hwfy (ʿb)↯[... ...]
  17  [... ...]ʾn w-l-ḫmr-hmw wf↯[... ...]
  18  [... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositBombay, Museum, 61
Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
DimensionsCIH 962: h. 22, w. 12, th. 5; CIH 963: h. 20, w. 14, th. 5; CIH 978: h. 13, w. 24, th. 5
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaUnknown
CountryUnknown
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Cohen 1934: 14-19, pl. 1/fCohen, Marcel 1934. Documents sudarabiques. Paris: Adrien-Maisonneuve.
Jamme 1971 b: 29Jamme, Albert W.F. 1971. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe II. Washington. 2025/04/17; https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38250313. [Privately printed]