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CIH 594
Calvet and Robin 1997: 175, cat. 92
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 | ||
| Chronology |
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GENERAL NOTES
| Probably a fragmentary dedicatory text. |
TEXT
1 S²(bl)m | → bn Ns²ʾkrb bn ʿr[... ...] → [... ...]→[... ...]y ḏt Bʿdn ʿd Brr(n)
| Robin integrates [hqn]y ḏt-Bʿdn. | |
| It is impossible to determine whether the back side of the object was inscribed. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 S²blm son of Ns²ʾkrb ibn ʿr[... ...] made a dedication to ḏt Bʿdn at Brrn. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Paris, Louvre Museum, AO 6270 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 3.5, base's h 2.3, w. 13.2, th. 8.4 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Calvet and Robin 1997: 174-175, cat. 92 | Calvet, Yves and Robin, Christian J. 1997. Arabie heureuse. Arabie déserte. Les antiquités arabiques du Musée du Louvre. Avec la collaboration de Françoise Briquel-Chatonnet and Marielle Pic. Paris: Editions de la Réunion des musées nationaux. |