az-Zubayrī-Bishār 2
Arbach 2005 c: 30, pl. 2
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 Yrfʾ Brʾn hqny ḏn mqṭrn
2 w-mḏbḥn l-mrʾ-hw Wdm bʿl m—
3 ḥrmn Bs²rn l-ḏt ḫṭʾ l-mrʾ-hw
4 →Wdm k-ʿdy
5 b-gwr-hw ḏ-
6 b-Bs²rn (l)-ʾl-(h)((w-l-h))
| Perhaps the text is fragmentary at the end. | |
| 6 | w-ʾly (Arbach). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Yrfʾ Brʾn dedicated this incense burner 2 and the altar to his Lord Wdm Master of the 3 sanctuary Bs²rn, because he committed a sin toward his Lord 4 Wdm, when he went 5 to His sacred place, that at 6 Bs²rn for his god. |
| Arbach 2005 c: 21 | Arbach, Mounir 2005. Nuqūš musnadiyya ǧadīda min mudīriyya al-Ḥadda fī muḥāfaẓa Damār. Maǧalla ǧāmiʿa Damār li-l-dirāsāt wa-l-buḥūṯ, 1: 17-33. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Incense burner (mqṭr) |
| Shape | With truncated pyramidal base |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Jabal Bishār |
| Ancient site | Bs²rn |
| Geographical area | Dhamār |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Wdm bʿl mḥrmn Bs²rn |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
First evidence of a dedicatory inscription for the expiation of a sin (ḫṭʾ) in the inscriptions from al-Ḥadāʾ.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Arbach 2005 c: 21, pl. 2 | Arbach, Mounir 2005. Nuqūš musnadiyya ǧadīda min mudīriyya al-Ḥadda fī muḥāfaẓa Damār. Maǧalla ǧāmiʿa Damār li-l-dirāsāt wa-l-buḥūṯ, 1: 17-33. |