YM 23212
Antonini and Agostini 2013: 4, fig. 1
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Cast | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
GENERAL NOTES
| The date of the text is hypothetical. The palaeography is similar to the inscription Atlal. |
TEXT
1 [Ḏḫ]rm bn Mʿ(d)—
2 (k)rb ḏ-(Ḍ)rn s¹q(n)—
3 y ʿm ḏ-(ʿw)rtm b-
4 Rtʿmm ṣlm ḏhb[n]
5 b-ḏtm s¹tʿn w-(kt)[r]—
6 b Ḏḫrm ʿ(m) l-bn-s¹
7 Rgbm w-ywm mtʿ [ʿ]—
8 m Rgbm bn mrḍ[m]
9 (qbl) b-ʿlw-s¹ r(ṯ)[d]
10 Ḏḫrm ʿm n(fs¹)-s¹ [w]-
11 ʾḏn-s¹ w-bn-s¹ Rg(b)[m]
12 w-kl ʾwld-s¹my [w]-
13 (ʾ)qny-s¹my w-(ẓ)r(b)-[s¹m]—
14 y w-ḏ-l-s¹my b-ʿm w-b-ʾn[by]
| 2 | The reading of Ḍrn is not sure; the first letter seems ṣ or ẓ. This difficulty in the lineage name's reading has serious consequences for the origin of the statue. |
| 3 | The reading of the divine epithet is not sure, Agostini reads ḏ-(ʾw)rtm, but perhaps a reading ḏ-ʿwrtm seems more probable. The epithet is unknown. |
| 3-4 | The reading is hypothetical; Agostini: b-[M]rtʿm. |
| 4 | After ṣlm the name of the material is determinated, it is better to integrate ḏhbn not ḏhbm (Agostini). |
| 5-6 | See FB-Ḥawkam 2: b-kl ḏtm b-yktrb-s¹ w-s¹tʿn. |
| 13 | The reading of Agostini: (ẓ)r[b] is here accepted, but it is not sure at all. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Ḏḫrm, son of Mʿd- 2 krb, of the family (Ḍ)rn, dedicated 3 to ʿm ḏ-ʿwrtm in 4 Rtʿmm the statue of bronze 5 because Ḏḫrm requested the help and asked 6 to ʿm for his son 7 Rgbm. And then ʿm saved 8 Rgbm from the illness 9 (that was) upon him. Ḏḫrm committed 10 to ʿm himself, 11 his faculty, his son Rgbm, 12 all their children, 13 their properties, their land property (?), 14 what is to them; by ʿm and by ʾnby. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 23212 |
| Support type | Artefact » Sculpture in the round » Human figure |
| Material | Bronze |
| Measures | h. 80 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Maḍḥī |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʿm ḏ-(ʿw)rtm |
| Notes | We are not sure of the divine epithet's reading. The origin of the statue is based on the lineage name: Ḍrn (l. 2) attested in the Maḍḥā region, but the lineage name's reading is not sure. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Antonini and Agostini 2013: 8-11, fig. 1 | Antonini, Sabina and Agostini, Alessio 2013. Two new bronze statues from Yemen. Pages 3-14 in Françoise Briquel-Chatonnet, Catherine Fauveaud and Iwona Gajda (eds). Entre Carthage et l’Arabie heureuse. Mélanges offerts à François Bron. (Orient & Méditerranée, 12). Paris: de Boccard. [Pages 3-8 by S. Antonini; pages 8-12 by A. Agostini "Comment on inscription YM 23212"] |