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CIH 608 RES 659


CIH: III/I, pl. XXXVII

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodD
Textual typologyLegal text

TEXT

marker


   1  ṯrt mṭwl ʾ—
   2  brtʿ ḏ-Ḥrn
   3  w-bkl-hw ḏ-hwmw
   4  Ḥrn bny ḏ-Yṯʾr
   5  ʾrbbn ʾḫyṭn
   6  bn ḏn s¹ṭrn l-s²ʾ—
   7  m w-bnyt w-fg |
   8  ẓbr-hw s¹wn m—
   9  s²rqn

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  The ground (?) of the territory (?) of
   2  ʾbrtʿ of Ḥrn
   3  and his settlers, those (?)
   4  of Ḥrn of the banū ḏ-Yṯʾr,
   5  those from Rbb and Ḫyṭ, is
   6  from this inscription towards north;
   7  and the building and the channel (or: path)
   8  of his community (?) are towards
   9  east.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeRock
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteUnknown (Aden governorate)
Ancient siteUnknown
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Robin 2013: 124-125, fig. 2Robin, Christian J. 2013. À propos de Ymnt et Ymn: « nord » et « sud », « droite » et « gauche », dans les inscriptions de l'Arabie antique. Pages 119-140 in Françoise Briquel-Chatonnet, Catherine Fauveaud and Iwona Gajda (eds). Entre Carthage et l’Arabie heureuse. Mélanges offerts à François Bron. (Orient & Méditerranée, 12). Paris: de Boccard.