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CIH 937 RES 652


Calvet and Robin 1997: 229, cat. 147

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

GENERAL NOTES

Possibly a legal text.

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ... b](ny) Ḫyr(h)mw w-ʾwy[s¹ ... ...]
   2  [... ...] ʿm-hw s¹mʿ ʿqm[... ...]((ʿqm[... ...]))
   3  [... ...]m w-ʿbd-hw ʾwys¹[ ... ...]
   4  [... ... ]K(h)l(y)n s¹mʿn ḏ-ṯt[... ...]
   5  [... ... ](w)-(Ḫyr)hmw ḏ-Ḥḍnn[... ...]

Apparatus
2The occurrence of s¹mʿn at l. 4 suggest that s¹mʿ is not a name.
5The editors do not read the initial w.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...] sons of Ḫyrhmw and ʾwys¹ [... ...]
   2  [... ...] and his uncle, the testimony of ʿqm[... ...]
   3  [... ...] and his servant ʾwys¹ [... ...]
   4  [... ...] the one of Khl, the testimony of two (?) [... ...]
   5  [... ...] Ḫyrhmw ḏ-Ḥḍnn [... ...]
Calvet and Robin 1997: 229Calvet, 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 1533
Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 26.5, w. 24.5, th. 11.5
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaUnknown
CountryUnknown
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Calvet and Robin 1997: 228-229, cat. 147Calvet, 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.