Bāfaqīh AF 1
Bāfaqīh 1994 d: 36, fig. 1
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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 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 Rbbm bn Rdʿm hq—
2 ny ḏ-S¹mwy bʿl Yġr—
3 w ms³ndn ḏ-s¹ʾl-hw
4 b-ms¹ʾl-hw b-kn s¹bʾ
5 l-ʾrḍ Mḏḥgm l-wfy
6 Rbbm w-l s¹ʿd-hw ḏ-
7 S¹mwy b-ʿs³btm w-n—
8 ʿmtm w-bry ʾḏnm
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Rbbm son of Rdʿm dedicated 2 to ḏ-S³mwy Master of Yġr- 3 w the inscription which He asked him 4 in His oracle, when he went on an expedition 5 to the land of Mḏḥgm, for the safety 6 of Rbbm. And may ḏ- 7 S³mwy grant him pastureland, 8 success and prosperity of faculties. |
| 7 | ʿs³btm: Bāfaqīh translates "the hiring charge of beasts", following the first meaning suggested by the Sabaic Dictionary; Bron translates "reward" on the basis of the Geez ʿasb; Stein: "pastureland". |
| Bāfaqīh 1994 d: 22 | Bāfaqīh, Muḥammad ʿA. 1994. Ḏū Yaġruw wa-Amīr wa-Ḥanān fī ḍawʾ al-nuqūš. Pages 21-38 in Norbert Nebes. Arabia Felix. Beiträge zur Sprache und Kultur des vorislamischen Arabien. Festschrift Walter W. Müller zum 60. Geburtstag. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. |
| Bron 1997 a: 80 | Bron, François 1997. Quatre inscriptions sabéennes provenant d'un temple de dhū-Samawī. Syria, 74: 73-80. |
| Stein 2007: 33 | Stein, Peter 2007. Materialien zur sabäischen Dialektologie: Das Problem des amiritischen ("haramischen") Dialektes. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, 157: 13-47. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Plaque » With framework |
| Material | Bronze |
| Measures | h. 13.5, w. 10 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | wādī Shuḍayf |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ḏ-S¹mwy bʿl Yġrw |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bāfaqīh 1994 d: 22-23, 36, fig. 1 | Bāfaqīh, Muḥammad ʿA. 1994. Ḏū Yaġruw wa-Amīr wa-Ḥanān fī ḍawʾ al-nuqūš. Pages 21-38 in Norbert Nebes. Arabia Felix. Beiträge zur Sprache und Kultur des vorislamischen Arabien. Festschrift Walter W. Müller zum 60. Geburtstag. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. |