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CIH 43
By kind permission of K. Noman
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Raised | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [... ... w-bn-hw H]wfʿṯt w-R(bb) S²ms¹m (b)nw
2 [... ... b]nyw w-hwṯrn w-hs²qrn (mḥrm) S²ms¹—
3 [-hmw bʿ](l)t (S²b)rn b-hgr-h(mw )(Ns³ftm) [b-ʿṯtr]
4 [... ... w-ʾ](lmq)h w-b [... ...]
5 [... ... b]ʿlt Yrqb w-S²(b)rn l-(ws³)f-hmw [.]—
6 [... ...]tm w-[ʾ]ml(ʾ)[ ... ...]
| 4 | w-Hwb]s¹ (CIH). |
| 4-5 | w-b [ḏt Ḥmym w-ḏt Bʿdnm w-S²ms¹m (CIH). |
| 5 | S²brn was corrected in Gbrn by CIH. The goddess S²ms¹-hmw could precede the names of the sanctuaries in the lacuna. |
| 5-6 | S²[ms¹m nʿm]tm w-s²wftm w-ʾmlʾ ys¹[t]m[lʾnn b-ʿm-hw] (CIH). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] and his sons Hwfʿṯt and Rbb S²ms¹m descendants of 2 [... ...] constructed, laid the foundations and completed the temple of their solar deity 3 Mistress of Gbrn, in their city of Ns³ftm, by ʿṯtr 4 [... ...] ʾlmqh, and by [... ...] 5 [... ...] Mistress of Yqrb and Gbrn, and may [S²ms¹] increase them 6 [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ḍāf |
| Ancient site | Ḍfw |
| Geographical area | Dhamār |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Notes | Inscription reemployed at Ḍāf into the wall of the city mosque. |
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| Modern site | Yakār |
| Ancient site | Ygrn |
| Geographical area | Dhamār |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of S²ms¹-hmw bʿlt Gbrn |
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