Al-ʿOqm/1977
Pirenne 1990: pl. LIX/a
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
GENERAL NOTES
| The date, based on palaeography, is hypothetical. |
TEXT
1 S²(h)rm bn Hfs²ḥ s¹qny (ʾ)lht(y) [... ...]
2 wldm w-mt tbrʾ s²wʿt-s¹ bn m[... ... ]—
3 m ḏkrm hnʾ byt-s¹ w-ḥywm w-(w)[... ... t]—
4 ʿs¹m h-ḏ ys¹tʿn-s¹n
| 1 | S²yrm (Pirenne), S²hrm (Bron). |
| 2-3 | Possible integration bn m[rḍ ... ... wld]m. |
| 3 | At the end of the line, w-ʿ[... ...] is also possible. |
| 3-4 | According to the formulary of dedicatory texts addressed to S¹yn, we should integrate [... ... ʾḏn S¹yn t]ʿs¹m. Here, however, the dedication is made to the goddesses, so the formula should be adapted thereof: ʾḏn ʾlhty ... ... t]ʿs¹m. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 S²hrm son of Hfs²ḥ dedicated to the goddesses of [... ...] 2 a son, and when his spouse should be released from [... ...] 3 male [son], as a soundness of his house, and alive and [... ...] may [... ...] 4 be generous to what he will seek them help for. |
| 2 | "et puisque son épouse est delivrée de sa m[aladie ..." (Pirenne). |
| 2 | We retained the interpretation of the verb tbrʾ as 3rd fem of the imperfect, although the conjunction mt in Ḥaḍramitic is elsewhere always followed by a perfective form. |
| 1-3 | Multhoff: "S²YRM bin HFŠḤ hat den Göttinnen [...] gewidmet [wie er ihnen versprochen hatte, (daß er widmen würde,) wenn ihn] ein Kind [geboren würde], und wenn seine Frau von [...] frei wurde, [und siehe, sie gewährten ihm] ein männliches Kind, welches sein 'Haus' erfreute, und Leben (oder: lebendiges?) und [...]". |
| Pirenne 1990: 77 | Pirenne, Jacqueline 1990. Les témoins écrit de la région de Shabwa et l'histoire. Jean-François Breton (ed.), Fouilles de Shabwa. 1. (Bibliothèque archéologique et historique, 134). Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner. [Institut français d'Archéologie du Proche-Orient] |
| Multhoff 2010 c: 34, fn. 71 | Multhoff, Anne 2010. Phalluskult und Bilderverbot? Beiträge zur ḥaḍramitischen Sprache und Kultur. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, 160/1: 7-40. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-ʿOqm |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Shabwa |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In ancient times |
| Notes | Pirenne 1990: 76 "Le petit site de al-ʿOqm, où des ruines enfouies étaient perceptibles, se trouve à 4 km au Nord-Ouest de Shabwa... Une maison y a été fouillée, en 1977. La présente inscription était réutilisée dans l'un de ses murs". |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
This is a dedication to female deities. See also RES 2693/6: ʾlhy w-ʾlhty hgrhn S²bwt "the gods and the goddesses of the city of Shabwa".
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Pirenne 1990: 76-77, pl. LIX/a | Pirenne, Jacqueline 1990. Les témoins écrit de la région de Shabwa et l'histoire. Jean-François Breton (ed.), Fouilles de Shabwa. 1. (Bibliothèque archéologique et historique, 134). Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner. [Institut français d'Archéologie du Proche-Orient] |
| Bron 1991 a | Bron, François 1991. Notes sur les inscriptions de Shabwa. Syria, 68: 459-462. |