CIAS 28.11/p 7 Alfieri 1
CIAS: i, 7
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Cast | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary (conjectural) |
TEXT
1 [... ... ḏ]n zltn ḥmdm b-ḏt ys¹ʿdn
2 [... ... l-w]zʾ s¹ʿd ʿbd-hw Brqm ʾwldm ʾḏk—
3 [rwm ... ...]-hw qny w-byd w-qlb w-bqln ʾr—
4 [ḍ-hw ... ... s¹]ʿd-hw s²ʾm mḥmy-hmw ḏ-Ṣwrt
5 [... ... ]mhrgt ṣdqm b-kl s¹bʾt s²wʿ ʾm↯—
6 [rʾ-hw ... ...]
| 1 | It is not certain if there were other lines before l.1, but - acccording to Pirenne - the remains of a margin are visibile. |
| 3 | ʾḏkrwm or ʾḏkrm. qny w-byd w-qlb w-bqln seem infinitives. |
| 4 | [w-hs¹]ʿd-hw (Pirenne in CIAS). Our integration is hypothetical. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] this ? in praise because (the god) may grant 2 [... ...] continue to grant to His servant Brqm male sons 3 [... ...] him the acquisition, the clearing, the tilling and the planting of his ground 4 [... ...] granted (?) him the purchase of their irrigated field ḏ-Ṣwrt 5 [... ...] good spoils in all the expeditions that he performed with his lords 6 [... ...] |
| 1 | Different interpretations have been put forward for the word zltn. Pirenne hypothetically suggests "cette descente dallée". Beeston prefers to identify the object of the dedication with the very support of the text and proposes "tablet, plaque". Jamme compares zlt to Arabic zillat "polished stone": according to him, this stone was placed in the circular cavity of the plaque. ZLL "to slip". |
| 3 | Translation by Beeston. |
| CIAS: i, 6 | Beeston, Alfred F.L., Pirenne, Jacqueline and Robin, Christian J. 1977-1986. Corpus des inscriptions et antiquités sud-arabes: Vol. I (1977): Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités; Vol. II (1986): Le Musée d’Aden. Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités. Louvain: Peeters. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres] |
| Beeston 1978 b: 198-199 | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1978. Notes on Old South Arabian Lexicography XI. Le Muséon, 91: 195-209. |
| Jamme 1979 d: 272-273 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1979. Review of Beeston, Alfred F.L., Pirenne, Jacqueline and Robin, Christian J. 1977-1986. Corpus des inscriptions et antiquités sud-arabes: Vol. I (1977): Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités; Vol. II (1986): Le Musée d’Aden. Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités. Louvain: Peeters. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres]. Orientalia, 48: 260-284. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Cairo, Alfieri collection (Private collection) |
| Support type | Artefact » Plaque » With framework (zlt) |
| Material | Bronze |
| Measures | h. 20, w. 30, th. 0.5 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maʿīn |
| Ancient site | Qrnw |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī Madhab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Notes | The provenance from Maʿīn "in a small depth of alluvial deposits" is reported by M. Alfieri, quoted by CIAS. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| CIAS: i, 5-8 (photo) | Beeston, Alfred F.L., Pirenne, Jacqueline and Robin, Christian J. 1977-1986. Corpus des inscriptions et antiquités sud-arabes: Vol. I (1977): Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités; Vol. II (1986): Le Musée d’Aden. Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités. Louvain: Peeters. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres] |
| Beeston 1978 b: 198-199 | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1978. Notes on Old South Arabian Lexicography XI. Le Muséon, 91: 195-209. |