CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Breton 1993: 23-24, pl. 10/22
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodD

TEXT


   1  Yġṯ w-ʾ(l)ḏrʾ ḏw(y) Trfm ʾbs²b s²(y)mw mws¹ṭ b(y)t-s¹m(y) S²bʿn

Apparatus
The first name is corrected by Gajda 2000: 102; the editors read: Gn(ṯ).

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Gnṯ and ʾlḏrʾ of Trfm ʾbs²b put (the goblet), as furniture of their palace S²bʿn.
For the translation of mws¹ṭ, see Wādī Ḍuraʾ 1 or LPC 6 A.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositʿAtaq, Museum, ATM 299
Support typeArtefact » Container » Bowl
MaterialSilver
Measuresh. 4.5, d. 16.5
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteHajar am-Dhaybiyya
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaWādī Ḍura
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Breton 1993: 23-24, pl. 10/22Breton, Jean-François 1993. Les objets de luxe. Pages 23-41 in Jean-François Breton and Muḥammad ʿA. Bāfaqīh. Trésors du Wādī Duraʾ (République du Yémen). Fouilles franco-yémenites de la nécropole de Hajar am-Dhaybiyya. Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner.
Robin and Bāfaqīh 1993: 72Robin, Christian J. and Bāfaqīh, Muḥammad ʿA. 1993. Les inscriptions sur les objets. Pages 71-75 in Jean-François Breton and Muḥammad ʿA. Bāfaqīh. Trésors du Wādī Duraʾ (République du Yémen). Fouilles franco-yémenites de la nécropole de Hajar am-Dhaybiyya. Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner.
Gajda 2000: 102Gajda, Iwona 2000. Coupe en argent portant une inscription sudarabique. Semitica, 50: 99-111.
Jändl 2009: 173Jändl, Barbara 2009. Altsüdarabische Inschriften auf Metall. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 4). Tübingen: Wasmuth / Berlin: Wasmuth.