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CIH 460


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

GENERAL NOTES

CIH 460-CIH 466 were copied by Halévy from two stelae at Jār al-Labbā.
CIH 460, CIH 461 and CIH 462 belonged to one stela, CIH 463, CIH 464, CIH 465 and CIH 466 to the other.

TEXT

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   1  [...]-hw b-mqrm kl [... ...]
   2  [... ...] s¹fḥ b-ʾḥt ʾs³gm [... ...]
   3  [... ...]ḥ ʾrbʿ w-hʿ mḥr ḏ-ʾ[... ...]
   4  [... ...]w-mḥl w-mwn w-mʾt[wm ... ...]
   5  [... ...] w-ṯnty ḥrtn w-qr[... ...]
   6  [... ... y]rs³n b-mṭftn w-ʾ[... ...]
   7  [... ...ʿ]ṯr w-ʾṯrḏrʿ bn Kl[... ...]
   8  [... ...]ys²rn ʿd mnṭftn w-ʿl[y ... ...]

Apparatus
Beeston's reading.
5ṯnty is possibly a not-assimilated form of the feminine numeral ṯty, or a mistake (Stein 2003 a: 98).
7Kl[... ...] could also be a nameof group.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...] by an (oracular decree?) all [... ...]
   2  [... ...] with one [... ...]
   3  [... ...] four; and dedicated (the sacrifice?) of [... ...]
   4  [... ...]
   5  [... ...] and the two (drainage channels?) and [... ...]
   6  [... ...] proclaim at the sacrificial altar and [... ...]
   7  [... ...]ʿṯr and ʾṯrḏrʿ son of Kl[... ...]
   8  [... ...] declare at the sacrificial altar and [... ...].

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Stela
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteJār al-Labbā
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaal-Jawf
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Beeston 1949: 208, 225Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1949. The oracle sanctuary of Jār al-Labbā. Le Muséon, 62: 207-228.
Lundin 1972: 28-37Lundin (=Loundine), Avraam G. 1972. O charaktere nadpisej iz Džar al-Labba. Vestnik Drevnej Istorii, 1: 28-37.
Stein 2003 aStein, Peter 2003. Untersuchungen zur Phonologie und Morphologie des Sabäischen. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 3). Rahden: Marie Leidorf GmbH / Westf.: Marie Leidorf GmbH.