Gajda 2001
Gajda 2001: 132
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 3 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
GENERAL NOTES
| Gajda proposes a date around the 5th century BC, suggesting to identify ʾlyfʿ Rym with the king mentioned in the inscriptions Maʿīn 7/2, Maʿīn 15/1, Maʿīn 17/3 and Shaqab 6. Avanzini 2005, on the basis of a palaeographic and stylistic analysis, suggests to date the artefact to the 8th-7th century BC, postulating the existence of at least two homonym kings ʾlyfʿ Rym. The most archaic one would be the author of Gajda 2001 and Shaqab 6. |
TEXT
1 Ḥy(w)m bn Ṯny ḏ-
2 Mr(d)ʿ s³lʾ Bs²mm
3 kr(b s¹b)rr
4 b-ʾlyfʿ Rym
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Ḥywm son of Ṯny ḏ- 2 Mrdʿ dedicated to Bs²mm 3 as obligaton from which He released him. 4 By ʾlyfʿ Rym. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Incense burner |
| Shape | With splayed foot |
| Measures | h. 28, d. 17 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
The Qatabanian god Bs²mm appears for the first time in a Minaic inscription.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Gajda 2001: 127-132, photo | Gajda, Iwona 2001. Un autel brûle-parfum minéen avec une dédicace au dieu Bs²mm. Semitica, 51: 127-132. |
| Avanzini 2005: 149-152, fig. 13 | Avanzini, Alessandra 2005. Some thoughts on ibex on plinth in early South Arabian art. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 16/2: 144-153. |