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CIH 462
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Undefined Sabaic |
| Script | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Text direction | Right-to-left |
| Text appearance | Recessed |
| Execution technique | Incision |
| Textual typology | Legal text - fragmentary |
GENERAL NOTES
| See CIH 460. |
TEXT
1 [...]n w-l yḏq[ṭn]
2 [...] bn-h [ʿ]dy y[... w-h]—
3 [m] yḏqṭ b-f[...]—
4 tm w-ḥfs² b-[...]
5 ṯny s²mlm w-s²[ẓym]
6 b-hqbm w-l [...]—
7 m w-hʾtw-hw ʿ[rbn ʿdy]
8 mḫtn-hw ʾḫ[r tʾtwm hw]—
9 ry ḫlf Ḥẓrm [w-]
10 ybhṯ-hw b-qdm[m ʿdy m]—
11 [ḫtn-hw] Ybḥt
| Beeston's reading. | |
| 5 | w-s²ym (CIH). |
| 6 | b-ḥqbm (CIH). |
| 9 | Ḥẓrm see CIH 461. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [...] and let him sacrifice [...] 2 from it until [...] 3 [if] he sacrifices [...] 4 and enquire [...] 5 a second unpropitious omen or evil eye [...] 6 with an offering. And let [...] 7 and offer unto him the [oblation in] 8 his sanctuary a second [time] 9 behind the gate of Ḥẓrm [...] 10 utter to him a favourable response [in] 11 his sanctuary Ybḥt. |
| The verb yḏqṭ is rendered by Lundin (1972 a: 65) with "establish the right of ownership". Cf. also Sima 2000: 144-145 and fn. 503 on the formulary with this verb. |
| Lundin 1972 a | Lundin (=Loundine), Avraam G. 1972. Inscriptions from Jār al-Labbā. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 2: 65. |
| Sima 2000 | Sima, Alexander 2000. Tiere, Pflanzen, Steine und Metalle in den altsüdarabischen Inschriften. Eine lexikalische und realienkundliche Untersuchung. (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur. Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission, 46). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Stela |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Jār al-Labbā |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | al-Jawf |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Beeston 1949: 208, 225 | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1949. The oracle sanctuary of Jār al-Labbā. Le Muséon, 62: 207-228. |
| Lundin 1972: 28-37 | Lundin (=Loundine), Avraam G. 1972. O charaktere nadpisej iz Džar al-Labba. Vestnik Drevnej Istorii, 1: 28-37. |