Haram 31 Gl 1053; CIH 529
By kind permission of Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
- By kind permission of Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
- Robin 1992 a: pl.9/c
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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 |
GENERAL NOTES
| The inscription is culturally Amirite, but it does not contain any linguistically distinguishing Northern Sabaic feature. |
TEXT
1 Ḏḫrm bn Yʿ—
2 mr hqny ḏ-S¹m—
3 wy bʿl Byn
4 ṭfn ḥg-n wq—
5 h-hw b-ms¹ʾl-
6 hw l-wfy-hw
7 w-wfy ʾ(b)-hw
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Ḏḫrm son of Yʿ- 2 mr, dedicated to ḏ-S¹mwy, 3 Master of Byn, 4 this tablet, as 5 He ordered him in His 6 oracle, for his safety 7 and the safety of his father. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Wien, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Sem 8 |
| Support type | Artefact » Plaque » With framework (ṭf) |
| Material | Bronze |
| Measures | h. 13.5, w. 8.5, 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 ḏ-S¹mwy bʿl Byn |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| CIH: II/3, 244-245, pl. 21 | 1889-1930. Inscriptiones Himyariticas et Sabaeas Continens. CIS, Corpus inscriptionum semiticarum ab Academia Inscriptionum et Litterarum Humaniorum conditum atque digestum. (3 vols), Paris: Imprimerie nationale. [Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres.] |
| Robin 1992 a: 98, pl. 9/c | 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] |
| Jändl 2009: 100 | Jändl, Barbara 2009. Altsüdarabische Inschriften auf Metall. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 4). Tübingen: Wasmuth / Berlin: Wasmuth. |