CSAI

Corpus of Sabaic Inscriptions (work in progress)


Robin 1992 a: pl. X/b
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Northern Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueCast
Chronology
PeriodC
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT


   1  [... ... ...]—
   2  [ʿ]ṯt ʿbd ḏ-S²q[..]
   3  hqny ḏ-S¹mwy b—
   4  [ʿ]l Byn ṣlymn [ḏ]—
   5  [t] (s²ft)-(hw l)-(h)[... ...]

Apparatus
1-2The text is fragmentary, so it is unsure if [...]ʿṯt is a patronymic and if S²q[..] is a name of group.

TRANSLATIONS

French

   1  [... ...]‒
   2  [ʿ]ṯt, serviteur des dhū-Shaq[..]
   3  a dédié a dhū-Samawī m[aî]‒
   4  tre de Bayyin la statuette [qu'il]
   5  Lui avait promise pour [... ...].
Robin 1992 aRobin, Christian J. 1992. Inabbaʾ, Haram, al-Kāfir, Kamna et al-Ḥarāshif. Fasc. A: Les documents. Fasc. B: Les planches. Inventaire des inscriptions sudarabiques. 1. Paris: de Boccard / Rome: Herder. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres; Istituto italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente]

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositHamburg, Museum für Völkerkunde, Hamburg 31.300: 1607
Support typeArtefact » Plaque » With framework
MaterialBronze
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteKharibat Hamdān
Ancient siteHrm
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī Madhab
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple Byn of ḏ-S¹mwy
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Mittwoch and Schlobies 1937: 85 (photo)Mittwoch, Eugen and Schlobies, Hans 1937. Altsüdarabischen Inschriften im Hamburgischen Museum für Völkerkunde. Orientalia, 6: 83-100, 222-233, 305-316.
Robin 1992 a: 105-106, pl. 10/bRobin, Christian J. 1992. Inabbaʾ, Haram, al-Kāfir, Kamna et al-Ḥarāshif. Fasc. A: Les documents. Fasc. B: Les planches. Inventaire des inscriptions sudarabiques. 1. Paris: de Boccard / Rome: Herder. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres; Istituto italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente]