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CIH 614


Calvet and Robin 1997: 235, cat. 156

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision

TEXT

marker


      [... ...]
   1  w-ʾwld-hmw w-(ḏ)[... ... ḥ]—
   2  yʾlym w-ṯny qr(f)[n ... ...]
   3  (mlk)n (ʾq)yn ḥḍr b-(ṯ)[... ...]

TRANSLATIONS

English

      [... ...]
   1  and their children and [... ...]
   2  ḥyʾl-coins and two qrf [... ...]
   3  the king, the ʾqyn of pilgrimage [... ...]
2qrfn: Beeston et al. and Calvet and Robin suggest the translation "coin". However, cf. the minuscule inscriptions which record lists of qrf "plot of land".
3ḥḍr: generally translated "festival".
Calvet and Robin 1997: 235Calvet, 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.
Beeston et al. 1982 (=SD): 106Beeston, Alfred F.L., al-Ghūl, Maḥmūd ʿA., Müller, Walter W. and Ryckmans, Jacques 1982. Sabaic Dictionary (English-French-Arabic). Dictionnaire Sabéen (anglais-français-arabe). Louvain-la-Neuve: Éditions Peeters / Beirut: Libraire du Liban.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositParis, Louvre Museum, AO 7371
Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 16.3, w. 24.8, th. 7
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

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Modern siteUnknown
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaUnknown
CountryUnknown
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Calvet and Robin 1997: 235, cat. 156Calvet, 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.