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CIH 90
Jändl 2009: 240, pl. XXI
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Raised | ||
| Execution technique | Casting | ||
| Measure of letters | 1.8 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
GENERAL NOTES
| For a general hypothesis of a date for the bronze tablets from ʿAmrān, cf. Avanzini 2008 b. |
TEXT
1 ʾws¹m | [... ...]
2 bnw K(r)[... ...]—
3 m hqnyw ʾlm[qh ... ...]
4 ms³ndn ʿḏbm[... ... ʾ]—
5 lmqh b-ʿly ʾw[s¹m ... ...ʿ]—
6 bd-hw ʾws¹m m[... ...]—
7 m l-ʿbr-hw w-ḥm[... ...]
8 ḫyl w-mqm ʾlmq[h ...]
9 mtʿ-hw bn myqẓ[... ...]
10 Nbṭʾl bn ʿmʾmr [... ...]
| 3 | I am not convinced by the integrations suggested by Jändl. She integrated the line 3: m hqnyw ʾlm[qh ḏn], leaving out the epithet of the god. |
| 7 | at the end: w-ḥm[dw] (CIH). |
| 8 | at the end: ʾlmq[h w-l] (CIH). |
| 10 | perhaps the name of the eponym. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾws¹m [... ...] 2 of the family Kr[... ...] 3 they dedicated to ʾlm[qh ... ...] 4 tablet as amends[... ...ʾ]- 5 lmqh on ʾw[s¹m ... ...] His 6 subject ʾws¹m[... ...] 7 for himself; and they praised [... ...] 8 the power and the might of ʾlmqh; and may He 9 save him from the distress[... ...] 10 Nbṭʾl, son of ʿmʾmr. |
| 4 | ʿḏbm "as a penalty" has not been documented elsewhere in the corpus of ʿAmrān. |
| 6-9 | it is not easy to stablish the reason for the dedication. mqyẓ (l. 9) is a generic substantive often found in the list of misfortunes that the dedicator may ask the god to preserve him from. A misfortune struck the author (l-ʿbr-hw l. 7), perhaps an illness if we integrate m[rḍ at the end of line 6. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | London, The British Museum, BM 48475=1862,1028.23 |
| Support type | Artefact » Plaque » With framework |
| Material | Bronze |
| Dimensions | h. 26.4, w. 11.5 (at the bottom), th. 0.5 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | ʿAmrān |
| Ancient site | ʿmrn |
| Geographical area | ʿAmrān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh ḏ-Hrn |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jändl 2009: 94-95, pl. XXI | Jändl, Barbara 2009. Altsüdarabische Inschriften auf Metall. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 4). Tübingen: Wasmuth / Berlin: Wasmuth. |
| Avanzini 2008 b | Avanzini, Alessandra 2008. Criteri editoriali per la pubblicazione dello CSAI. Egitto e Vicino Oriente, 31: 145-157. |