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CIH 465


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

See CIH 460.

TEXT

marker


   1  s¹bʿm ḏ-F[rʿ]
   2  ḏ-ʿṯtr w-s¹ʾ[l]
   3  b-ms¹ʾln l-ʿ[l]—
   4  y mnṭft[n b]—
   5  n ʾwdt ḏn wṯ[n]—
   6  n qdmm w-hm [y]—
   7  qdm bn-h bn
   8  tḥty ʿṯtr w-[l]
   9  yḏqṭn bn-h[...]
  10  [... ...] w-l wlm[... ...]

Apparatus
Beeston's reading.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [on] the seventh of ḏ-F[rʿ]
   2  ḏ-ʿṯtr and ask,
   3  at the oracle over
   4  the sacrificial altar
   5  on the boundary (marked by) this pillar,
   6  for a divine response. And if
   7  he receives a response by
   8  the inspiration of ʿṯtr, then let him
   9  sacrifice [...]
  10  [...] (?) [...] (Following Beeston).

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: 209, 226Beeston, 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.