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CIH 399


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

TEXT

marker


   1  Yṯʿkrb Kbr-ʾqynm bkln ḏ-Ns²q[m]
   2  bn S¹mhkrb bn Rs²wn hn[b]ṭ (w)-(ḍ)fr [b]—
   3  ʾr-hw Rwym b-nḫl-hw Mʾtm[n b-ʾ]—
   4  mr ʾlmqh bʿl bklnn[ ... ...]—
   5  l ṭbntm b-ʿṯtr

Apparatus
2ḥfr instead of ḍfr (CIH).
3Rʿyn in the Halévy's copy; Mʾtm (Rhodokanakis).
4the reading bʿl bklnn is uncertain (cf. YM 23206: ʾlmqh bʿl bkln Ns²qm);
4-5ʾhl ṭbntm (Rhodokanakis); bʿ]l ṭbntm (Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1934: 53).

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Yṯʿkrb kbr of ʾqynm, colonist of Ns²qm,
   2  son of S¹mhkrb ibn Rs²wn excavated and cased with stones his
   3  well Rwym in his palmgrove Mʾtmn by the command
   4  of ʾlmqh Master of the colonists (?) [... ...]
   5  (of?) landlords, by ʿṯtr
"Coram conventu" (CIH); "(und der ?) Sachverständigen" (Rhodokanakis).

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteal-Ḥazm
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaal-Jawf
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextAgricultural irrigation context: Well
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Rhodokanakis 1917: 128-130Rhodokanakis, Nikolaus 1917. Studien zur Lexikographie und Grammatik des Altsüdarabischen. II Heft. (Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Philosophisch-Historische Klasse, 185/3). Vienna: Alfred Hölder.
Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1934Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1934. Bemerkungen zu altsüdarabischen Inschriften. Orientalia, 3: 42-62.