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CIH 550
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 | Recessed |
| Execution technique | Incision |
| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
GENERAL NOTES
| The facsimile refers to Lenormant's copy, which has many mistakes of transliteration. "Die ʿAbyan nennende Inschrift CIH 550 ist gewiß eine Fälschung" (Wissmann 1968: 56); quoted by Oskar Löfgren in the Encyclopedia of Islam vol.1, p. 180, and Kitchen, p. 125. |
TEXT
1 ʿbds²ms¹m ʾṣlm bn ʾbʿṯ—
2 tr w-S²rḥbʾl bn [... ...] w-ʾḫ-hw
3 Mrṯdm qny mlkn bny Wʾl ʿbd
4 w-qny mlkn gnʾw byt Yṯʿm
5 w-bnyw mḏbḥt Yṯʿm b-ywm ʾrb—
6 ʿtm b-wrḫ ḏ-[... ...] b-
7 ḫrf S¹mhʿly bn ʾls²rḥ bn S¹m—
8 hʿly b-ḏt hwfy-hmw Yṯʿm w-yhwfyn ḏ—
9 n tnbʾ-hw w-hqnyw Yṯʿm ḏ-ʿdn s²y—
10 m-hmw w-s²ft-hmw ʾḏnt ḏhb w-brr k—
11 tm w-wrq l-wfy-hmw w-wfy hgrn ʿdn
12 w-bytnhn ʾbynm w-ʾbʿl-hw w-mlk-hmw
13 w-s¹ʿd-hmw b-ʿṯtr w-b-Hwbs¹ w-b-ʾlmqh w-
14 b-Yṯʿm w-b-ḏt-Ḥmym w-b-ḏt-Bʿdnm w-b-ʾl—
15 hy w-b-ʾlhty hgrn ʿdn
| 1-8 | CIH's emendations to Lenormant's transcription. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʿbds²ms¹m ʾṣlm son of ʾbʿṯ- 2 tr and S²rḥbʾl son of [... ...] and his brother 3 Mrṯdm property of the king, banū Wʾl, servant and 4 property of the king, surrounded with wall (?) the temple of Yṯʿm 5 and constructed the altar of Yṯʿm in the fourth 6 day of the month ḏ-[... ...] in 7 the year S¹mhʿly son of ʾls²rḥ son of S¹m- 8 hʿly, because Yṯʿm granted them and He continues to grant 9 what He promised him, and they dedicated to Yṯʿm ḏ-ʿdn their gift (?) 10 and their promised offering ʾḏnt ... ... (?) 11 ... ... (?) for their safety and the safety of their city of Aden 12 and the houses ʾbynm and its owners and their king 13 and their good fortune (?); by ʿṯtr, Hwbs¹, ʾlmqh, 14 Yṯʿm, ḏt-Ḥmym, ḏt-Bʿdnm and the gods and 15 the goddesses of the city of Aden. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown (Abyan governorate) |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Kitchen 2000: 125 | Kitchen, Kenneth A. 2000. Documentation for Ancient Arabia. Part II. Bibliographical Catalogue of Texts. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. |
| Wissmann 1968: 56 | Wissmann, Hermann von 1968. Zur Archäologie und antiken Geographie von Südarabien. Ḥaḍramaut, Qatabān und das ʿAden-Gebiet in der Antike. (Uitgaven van het, Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut te İstanbul, 24). Istanbul: Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten. |