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CIH 605 bis
CIH: iii/i, pl. XXXVI
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 |
TEXT
1 [... ...ʿy]mn bn (Hm)[dn ... ...] ʾdm-hw ʾ(l)krb w-bny-h[w ... ...]
2 [... ... w-Ns²ʾ]krb w-S¹ʿds²ms¹m (bn)[w] *bnw* Zʾdm ʾḥs²dn ʾdm bn [Hmd]—
3 [n] Ṣyḥn brlm w-ʿbry-hmw *ʿbr* ḏ-Ḥbrn w-ʿbr ʿṯtr brgm b-ḫlf (h)[... ...ʾ]—
4 lhn bnw Btʿ w-Hmdn ḫmrw w-nḥl ʾdm-hmw ʾlkrb w-[bny-hw ... ...k]—
5 rb w-Ns²ʾkrb w-S¹ʿds²ms¹m bnw Zʾdm ʾḥs²dn ʾdm bn Hmd[n ... ...]
6 w-ḏn ms²mn ḏ-ys¹myn Mrdʿm w-kl tl-hwʿ w-kl ʾṯl-hw w-[... ...]
| 1 | CIH integrates [ḫmr w-nḥl]. |
| 2 | According to CIH, the writer repeated for two times the word bnw. |
| 3 | Mortdman and Mittwoch 1934: 57 suggest to read ḏ-Hbrn or ḏ-Ḫbrn. For the reading brl instead of the previously accepted brg, see Mazzini 2011: 130-131. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] ʿymn ibn Hmdn [granted and conceded to] his servants ʾlkrb and his sons [... ...] 2 [... ... ] and Ns²ʾkrb w-S¹ʿds²ms¹m descendants of Zʾdm, the ʾḥs²dn, servants of the banu Hmdn [... ...] 3 Ṣyḥn, acquired possession, and their two terraced fields ḏ-Ḥbrn and the terraced field of ʿṯtr, acquired possession, in the region of ʾlhn. 4 The banu Btʿ and Hmdn granted and conceded to their servants ʾlkrb and [his sons ... ...k]- 5 rb, Ns²ʾkrb and S¹ʿds²ms¹m descendants of Zʾdm, the ʾḥs²dn, servants of the banu Hmdn [... ...] 6 and this field which is named Mrdʿm and all his young palms and all his tamarisks and [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Istanbul, Ancient Orient Museum, 7516 |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 26, w. 67, th. 9 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1934 | Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1934. Bemerkungen zu altsüdarabischen Inschriften. Orientalia, 3: 42-62. |
| Mazzini 2011: 130-131 | Mazzini, Giovanni 2011. Osservazioni epigrafiche, filologiche e comparative su alcuni testi legali sabei al British Museum. Egitto e Vicino Oriente, 34: 129-147. |