Collection privée yéménite 2015-1
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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 |
TEXT
1 ʾbkrb w-ḏt byt-s¹ ʿmwṯn
2 ḏw ʾns¹m s¹qnyw Mrʾtyw
3 ʿd mḥrm-s¹my Ḥdṯm b-Ḥlz—
4 wm ḥg-n tkrb-s¹my ʿn rs²ww
5 rṯd-s¹my ʾʾḏn-s¹my w-qny-s¹my
| 2 | Mrʾtyw: first attestation in Qatabanic of the ending -tyw for a female dual substantive in absolute state. |
| 4 | First attestation in Qatabanic of the conjunction ʿn. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾbkrb and his wife ʿmwṯn, 2 of the family ʾns¹m, dedicated to the "two Ladies" 3 in Their temple Ḥdṯm in Ḥlzwm, 4 as they asked Them when they were in charge of the priesthood. 5 They committed to Them their faculties and their goods. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Unknown (Private collection) |
| Support type | Artefact » Plaque » With framework |
| Material | Bronze |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Hajar Lajiya / Hajar Warrāṣ |
| Ancient site | Ḥlzwm |
| Geographical area | Markha |
| Country | Yemen |
| Notes | The origin of the bronze plaque could be deduced by the text where the ancient name of the city and its temple Ḥdṯm are mentioned. |
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CULTURAL NOTES
According to the editors, it is probably that the name Mrʾtyw "the two Ladies", could be referred to the goddesses Mwtr et ḏt Ġḍrn, deities venerated with Blw in the temple of Ḥdṯm in Ḥlzm.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Prioletta and Arbach 2015 b: 255-257, fig. 1 | Prioletta, Alessia and Arbach, Mounir 2015. Nouveaux documents qatabānites. Semitica et Classica. Revue Internationale d'Études Orientales et Méditerranéennes, 8: 255-261. |