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CIH 695


By kind permission of Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
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By kind permission of Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision

GENERAL NOTES

A provenance from the southern highlands is assumed on the basis of the s³ḥr formula and the artistic style of the represented bull heads.

TEXT

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   1  s³ḥr ʾlzʾd w-ʾḫ-hw
   2  Hlqh ḏy-Ḫbʾt |

Apparatus
Letter ḫ is reversed.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Magic stone of ʾlzʾd and his brother
   2  Hlqh those of Ḫbʾt.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositWien, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Sem 24
Support typeArtefact » Stela » Stela with figure in relief (s³ḥr)
SubjectBull head
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 31, w. 26, th. 7
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaUnknown
CountryUnknown
Archaeological contextReligious context
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Rhodokanakis 1927: 116-117, pl. 161/402Rhodokanakis, Nikolaus 1927. Altsüdarabische Inschriften. Pages 116-117 in Hugo Gressmann (ed.). Altorientalische Bilder zum Alten Testament. Hugo Gressmann (ed.), Altorientalische Texte und Bilder zum Alten Testament. 2. Berlin: De Gruyter / Leipzig: De Gruyter.
Satzinger 1994: 103, fig. 71Satzinger, Helmut 1994. Das Kunsthistorische Museum in Wien. Die Ägyptisch-Orientalische Sammlung. Mainz: von Zabern.