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CIH 658 RES 3582


Calvet and Robin 1997: 208, cat. 124

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodC
Textual typologyConstruction text

TEXT

marker


   1  [Mʿdkr](b) ʾs¹ʾr bn Mʿhr w-(ḏ)-(Ḫ)—
   2  [wln] qyl Rdmn w-Ḫwln <bn> Whb—
   3  [ʾl] bqr w-hnbṭ w-brʾ w-hs²qr |
   4  [b](ʾ)r-hw Nbṭm l-ʾrḍ-hw ḏt-Ḥrḍ—
   5  [. ](ḏ)-qny bn Mʾhr b-s¹rn Mḍyq |

Apparatus
1For the restoration of the name Mʿdkrb ʾs¹ʾr, cf. MAFRAY-al-Miʿsāl 9.
2-3According to Jamme, "bn was omitted in l.2 by haplography with n of ḫwln".

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Mʿdkrb ʾs¹r of the banū Mʿhr and ḏ-
   2  Ḫwln, qyl of Rdmn and Ḫwln <son of> Whbʾl
   3  drilled, excavated, built and completed
   4  his well Nbṭm for his land ḏt-Ḥrḍ[.]
   5  that Ibn Mʾhr owns in the valley Mḍyq.
Calvet and Robin 1997: 208Calvet, 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.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositParis, Louvre Museum, AO 4541
Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 40.5, w. 47, th. 6.5
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaUnknown
CountryUnknown
Archaeological contextAgricultural irrigation context: Well Nbṭm
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Calvet and Robin 1997: 207-208, cat. 124Calvet, 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.
Jamme 1976: 112-113Jamme, Albert W.F. 1976. Carnegie Museum 1974-75 Yemen Expedition. (Special Publication, 2). Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum of Natural History.