Haram 56 CIH 568
Robin 1992 a: pl.21/a
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Northern Middle Sabaic |
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Writing technique | Cast |
| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 Mrglt bt Tḥyly
2 tnḫyt w-tnḏrn l-bʿ—
3 l *|* byt ʾlh S¹ʿydm
4 b-ḏt s¹tʿḏrt-hw k-
5 ys¹kr f-ʿḏb mn-h f-
6 ḫṭʾt w-tḥlʾn f-h—
7 ḍrʿt w-ʿnw f-l yṯw
8 bn-h nʿmtm
| 2 | The reading tnḏrt (CIH and Robin) is correctly restored as tnḏrn by Stein; the letter "n" is evident on the photograph. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Mrglt daughter of Tḥyly 2 confessed and did penance to the 3 Master of the temple of the god of S¹ʿydm, 4 because she asked forgiveness so that 5 He is satisfied; and He asked her for atonement; 6 and she committed a sin but she will pay the fine; 7 and she showed submission and distress. May He 8 reward her with favours. |
| 6 | "Puisse-t-elle être pardonnée!" (Robin). |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | London, Royal Asiatic Society, RAS c |
| Support type | Artefact » Plaque » With framework |
| Material | Bronze |
| Measures | h. 23.6, w. 14.2 (average), th. 0.5 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Kharibat Hamdān |
| Ancient site | Hrm |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī Madhab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of bʿl ʾlh S¹ʿydm |
| Notes | The provenance from Haram is possible because of the similarity with other penitential inscriptions on bronze plaques from Haram. |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Robin 1992 a: 125-126, pl. 21/a | Robin, 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] |
| Stein 2007: 41-42 | Stein, Peter 2007. Materialien zur sabäischen Dialektologie: Das Problem des amiritischen ("haramischen") Dialektes. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, 157: 13-47. |
| Jändl 2009: 132-133 | Jändl, Barbara 2009. Altsüdarabische Inschriften auf Metall. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 4). Tübingen: Wasmuth / Berlin: Wasmuth. |