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CIH 975


Jamme 1971 b: 30

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 typologyLegal text

TEXT

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   1  w-kwn ḏn wṯnn wṯn
   2  byn Mfẓrn w-S¹bʿnʿ—
   3  s²rwn ʾrḍn ḏ-hs²ʾm
   4  Gmwln ḏ-S²qrn bn nḫ—
   5  ln ḏ-Ṯwrm ʿbrn Ẓl—
   6  m w-byn ḏ-ytrfn l-Gmw—
   7  ln bn-m nḫln ḏ-Ṯwrm
   8  ʿbrn Qtbn w-ʿ(b)[r](n)
   9  [... ...]

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  And this boundary stone sets the border
   2  between Mfẓrn et S¹bʿnʿ-
   3  s²rwn, the land that
   4  Gmwln ḏ-S²qrn has sold, from the
   5  palmgrove ḏ-Ṯwrm towards Ẓl-
   6  m, and between what is cultivated for Gmw-
   7  ln from the palmgrove ḏ-Ṯwrm
   8  towards Qataban and towards
   9  [... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositBombay, Museum, 60
Support typeArtefact » Stela (wṯn)
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 43, w. 32
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaUnknown
CountryUnknown
Archaeological contextAgricultural irrigation context
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Jamme 1971 b: 30Jamme, Albert W.F. 1971. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe II. Washington. 2025/04/17; https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38250313. [Privately printed]