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CIH 466


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  bn tḥt—
   2  y ḏn wṯn—
   3  n yḏqṭn
   4  Mrṯdm
   5  Ẓbʿyn w-
   6  hṣry Tb—
   7  ʿkrb

Apparatus
Beeston's reading.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Beneath
   2  this pillar
   3  Mrṯdm
   4  the man of Ẓbʿ,
   5  offers sacrifice, and
   6  Tbʿkrb obtains
   7  the oracular response.
Lundin (1972) and J. Ryckmans (1973: 193) translate the formula: "according to the ordinance of this boundary stela, (Mrṯdm) must follow the ḏqṭ". Lundin renders ḏqṭ with "establish the right of ownership". Cf. also Sima 2000: 144-145 and fn. 503.
Lundin 1972Lundin (=Loundine), Avraam G. 1972. O charaktere nadpisej iz Džar al-Labba. Vestnik Drevnej Istorii, 1: 28-37.
Sima 2000Sima, 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 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.