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CIH 569 CIAS 42.11/b 4
By kind permission of K. Noman
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 [K]rbh ʾwkn bn Yhfrʿ w-S²bmm w-Rʾy[s¹ ... ...]
2 [.] w-mwrt-hmy bn mwṯrm ʿdy tfrʿm b-r[dʾ ... ... w-m]—
3 [n]ḍḥt ʾbyt-hmw w-b-mqm mrʾ-hmw Ṯʾrn Yʿ(b)[ ... ...]
| 1 | [... ... ʿbd]rbh (Pirenne); [K]rbh is an integration made by Robin on the basis of the inscription Robin-Dhamār 1. |
| 1-2 | brʾw w-bnyw w-hs²qrn mḥfd-hmy] (Pirenne). |
| 2-3 | b-rdʾ ʾlʾlt-hmw ʿṯtr w-S²ms¹-hmw w-mn]ḍḥt (Pirenne). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...]rbh ʾwkn ibn Yhfrʿ, S²bmm and Rʾys¹ [... ...] 2 [... ...] and their wall (?) from foundation to top, by the help [... ...] 3 [... ...] and the tutelary deities of their houses and by the power of their lord Ṯʾrn Yʿb. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Grjaznevič 1978: 39, fig. 46 | Grjaznevič, Petr A. 1978. Materiali ekspedicii P.A. Grjaznevičia 1966-1967 gg. Južnaja Aravija. Pamjiatniki Drevnej Istorii i Kultury. 1. Moscow: Glavnaja redakzija vostočnoj literatury. |
| CIAS: I/1, 95-100, photo | Beeston, Alfred F.L., Pirenne, Jacqueline and Robin, Christian J. 1977-1986. Corpus des inscriptions et antiquités sud-arabes: Vol. I (1977): Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités; Vol. II (1986): Le Musée d’Aden. Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités. Louvain: Peeters. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres] |
| Robin 2006: 111-112, fig. 16 | Robin, Christian J. 2006. Muhaqraʾum (arabe Muhaqrā). Une commune Ḥimyarite méconnue. Pages 93-135 in Christian J. Robin and Muḥammad A.R. Jāzim (eds). Le pèlerin des forteresses du savoir. Hommage au qādī Ismāʿīl b. Alī al-Akwaʿ à l'occasion de son 85e anniversaire. Ṣanʿāʾ: Centre français d'archéologie et de sciences sociales de Ṣanʿāʾ. |