Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Cast | ||
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
According to Robin Ẓafār is not the capital of Ḥimyār, but another village on the plateau. |
English | |
1 Whbtʾlb, son of 2 Ḥṣmn, the Yrs¹myn, subject 3 of the family S¹ḫmn, dedicated to their 4 patron Tʾlb Rymn the right 5 hand in His stela shrine ḏ-Qbrt 6 in the city of Ẓfr, for their well-being. |
5 | like Robin, we could translate "near the stela", but qyf could be referred to a building;ʿdy should be translated "in" rather than "alongside". There is an example of such a meaning of qyf in CIH 19, 5-6, a dedication of a statue to the god Tʾlb: [b-qyf-h]w [ḏ-h]qr[w] b-hgrn Mryb. |
Deposit | London, The British Museum, BM 139443=1983,0626.2 |
Support type | Artefact » Sculpture in the round » Part of human body |
Material | Bronze |
Measures | h. 19.7, w. 11, th. 4, wt. 979.70 g |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Ṣanʿāʾ (from the region of) |
Ancient site | Ṣnʿw |
Geographical area | Sanʿāʾ |
Country | Yemen |
Link to site record |
Modern site | Ẓafār dhī-Bīn |
Ancient site | Ẓfr |
Geographical area | dhī-Bīn |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Tʾlb Rymm, ḏ-Qbrt |
Link to site record |
Robin 1985: 315-319, pls V-VI | Robin, Christian J. 1985. L'offrande d'une main en Arabie pré-islamique. Essai d'interprétation. Pages 307-320 in Christian J. Robin (ed.). Mélanges linguistiques offerts à Maxime Rodinson par ses élèves, ses collègues et ses amis. (Comptes rendus du Groupe linguistique d'études chamito-sémitiques. Supplément, 12). Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner. |
Simpson 2002: 173, cat. 221 | Simpson, St John (ed.) 2002. Queen of Sheba. Treasures from the ancient Yemen. London: British Museum Press. [Catalogue of an exhibition held at the British Museum, London] |
Jändl 2009: 51-52, 162-163 | Jändl, Barbara 2009. Altsüdarabische Inschriften auf Metall. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 4). Tübingen: Wasmuth / Berlin: Wasmuth. |