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CIH 111


Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1934: 48

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Undefined Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

GENERAL NOTES

Chronology difficult to establish.

TEXT

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   1  Hʿn w-Hwfn w-[L]ḥyn
   2  [w-Ḥ]ywm [w]-R[ʾ]bn bn[w] Ḥnn
   3  hqn[yw ḏ]t Hrn mḥr[m]t-hmw

Apparatus
CIH's reading.
3Mordtmann and Mittwoch read hqn[yw ḏt Ẓ]hrn.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Hʿn, Hwfn, Lḥyn,
   2  Ḥywm and Rʾbn descendants of Ḥnn
   3  dedicated to ḏt Hrn their sacred places (?)

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeRock
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteShibām-Kawkabān (surroundings)
Ancient siteS²bm
Geographical areaal-Maḥwīt
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1934: 48 (facsimile)Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1934. Bemerkungen zu altsüdarabischen Inschriften. Orientalia, 3: 42-62.