Pi. Baynūn 2
Frontal view
Pirenne 1987: pl. 7/b
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Pirenne 1987: pl. 7/b
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
GENERAL NOTES
| The beginning of the text was on the smaller right side of the incense burner, now completely damaged. |
TEXT
[... ...]
1 ḏt Ḥmym l-wfy-hw w-wfy mḫtn-hw (|)
2 w-ʾlwd-hw w-l-tḫmrn-hw ʿs³bt ṣd—
3 qm w-ḏt trḍyn b-mhrt-hw w-wf—
4 (y) w-ṣḥ grb-hw w-l-tʾḫrn w-ʿrm k(l)
5 (s²n)ʾ-hw w-ḏ-yrʾyn-hw b-ʿyn s¹wʾm ḏ(t)
6 [... ...](bb)ʿ[... ...](ʾ) ḏ-(Bynn)( |)
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] 2 ḏt Ḥmym, for his safety and the safety of his house 3 and of his children, and may She grant him good pastureland 4 and that satisfaction in his wealth and the safety 5 and the health of his person, and may She remove and overthrow all 6 his enemies and whom looks at him with bad eye 7 [... ...] ḏ-Bynn. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Incense burner |
| Shape | With truncated pyramidal base |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 32, w. 37, th. 17.5 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Baynūn |
| Ancient site | Bynn |
| Geographical area | Khawlân |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Pirenne 1987: 102-103, pl. 7/a-b | Pirenne, Jacqueline 1987. Documents inédites de Baynūn. Pages 99-112 in Christian J. Robin and Muḥammad ʿA. Bāfaqīh (eds). Ṣayhadica. Recherches sur les inscriptions de l'Arabie préislamique offertes par ses collègues au professeur A.F. L. Beeston. (Arabie préislamique, 1). Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner. |