al-ʿĀdī 1 Collection privée yéménite 2014-2
al-Hajj, Mohammad
al-Hajj 2015: 72, fig. 17
al-Hajj 2015: 72, fig. 17
- al-Hajj, Mohammad
al-Hajj 2015: 72, fig. 17 - Right side
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al-Hajj 2015: 82, facsimile 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 |
TEXT
1 ʾlrʾb bn Ḥywn bn Bġrm s¹qny ḏt Ẓhrn nfs¹-s¹ w-ʾḏn-s¹ w-bn-hw ↯ (ʿ)ms²bm w-ʾḫy-hw ʾlkrb w-ʾlrtʿ w-Lḥyʿm w-Lḥ—
2 yʿṯt w-ʾlʿz w-ʾbs²fq w-kl ʾwld-s¹m ywm s¹ṭbn ʾlrʾb ḏt Ẓhrn b-↯ʿs³b-s¹ w-fdy-hw ḏt Ẓhrn b-kl ḏtm tkrb-s¹ b-ʿm w-b
3 ʾnby w-b Ḥwkm w-b ḏt Ṣnt(m) w-b ḏt Ẓhrn w-b ḏt Rḥbn w-b Ydʿ↯ʾb Ygl w-b s²ʿb-s¹ Bklm w-b qyl-s¹ ʾlʾws¹ B(r)nṭm
| 2 | I preferred to integrate b<n>, see the same formulary in Cox 4, 3-4. But in the recently edided inscription al-ʿĀdī 85 we have b-ʿs³b-s¹ and then the verb yfdy; my previous integration seems not necessary. |
| 2 | fdy: first attestation of this verb in Qatabanic. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾlrʾb son of Ḥywn, of the family Bġrm, dedicated to ḏt Ẓhrn his life, his faculties, his son ʿms²bm and his brothers ʾlkrb, ʾlrtʿ, Lḥyʿm, Lḥyʿṯt, 2 ʾlʿz and ʾbs²fq ad all their children, when ʾlrʾb transferred to ḏt Ẓhrn from his property, and ḏt Ẓhrn released him from obligations in all he asked Her. By ʿm, by 3 ʾnby, by Ḥwkm, by ḏt Ṣntm, by ḏt Ẓhrn and by ḏt Rḥbn, and by Ydʿʾb Ygl and by his tribe Bklm and by his qayl ʾlʾws¹ Brnṭm. |
| 2 | ywm s¹ṭbn ʾlrʾb ḏt Ẓhrn b-ʿs³b-s¹: "au jour où ʾlrʾb a fait à dhāt Ẓahrān (une offrande) de sa propriété" (M. Arbach and A. Prioletta 2015). The verb fdy is a hapax in Qatabanic; the verb is masculine, but the subject seems to be the goddess. |
| Prioletta and Arbach 2015 a: 251 | Prioletta, Alessia and Arbach, Mounir 2015. Inscriptions qatabānites inédites d’une collection privée yéménite. Semitica, 57: 243-271. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ (Private collection) |
| Support type | Artefact » Plaque » With framework |
| Material | Bronze |
| Measures | h. 25, w. 160 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Hajar al-ʿĀdī |
| Ancient site | Mrymtm |
| Geographical area | Wādī Ḥarīb |
| Country | Yemen |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| al-Hajj 2015: 71-105, fig. 17 and facsimile | al-Hajj, Mohammed 2015. Nuqūš qatabāniyya min Haǧar al-ʿĀdī (Maryama qadīman). Dirāsa fī dalālāti-hā al-luġawiyya wa-l-dīniyya al-taʾriḫiyya. (King Saud University). (Series of Refereed Studies, 4). |
| Prioletta and Arbach 2015 a: 249-254, fig. 2a-b | Prioletta, Alessia and Arbach, Mounir 2015. Inscriptions qatabānites inédites d’une collection privée yéménite. Semitica, 57: 243-271. |