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Ry 394


Ryckmans, Gonzague 1949 a: 113 (facsimile)

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRaised
Execution techniqueCasting
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT

marker


   1  ʾbʿm bn Yʿll ʿb—
   2  d bn ʾṯkyn hqny |
   3  S¹mʿ ṯwr ʾbḍʿm |
   4  ms³ndn ḥg-n wqh-
   5  hw b-ms¹ʾl-hw l-w—
   6  fy-hmw w-wfy ʾr—
   7  ḍ-hmw w-ʾṯmr-hm—
   8  w w-qny-hmw w-l |
   9  {w-l} ws³(f)-hmw nʿm—
  10  (t)-(hw) w-ʾṯmr ṣd—
  11  qm b-S¹mʿ |

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  ʾbʿm son of Yʿll, servant
   2  of the banū ʾṯkyn, dedicated
   3  to S¹mʿ, bull of the rural territories (?),
   4  this inscription, as He ordered
   5  him in His oracle, for their
   6  safety and the safety of their
   7  land, their crops
   8  and their possessions; and so that He should
   9  increase for them His
  10  benevolence and good
  11  crops; by S¹mʿ.
The bull could be the object of the dedication followed by his PN, rather than an apposition of the divinity (as considered by Ryckmans). In this case, a conjunction should be missing, and "inscription" could be considered as the second object of the dedication.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Plaque
MaterialBronze
Dimensionsh. 21, w.13.5, th. 1.27
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaUnknown
CountryUnknown
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Winnett 1948: 23-25Winnett, Fred V. 1948. A Himyarite Bronze Tablet. Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, 110: 23-25.
Ryckmans, Gonzague 1949 a: 82-83, 113 (facsimile)Ryckmans, Gonzague 1949. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Huitième série. Le Muséon, 62: 55-124.
Jändl 2009: 117-118Jändl, Barbara 2009. Altsüdarabische Inschriften auf Metall. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 4). Tübingen: Wasmuth / Berlin: Wasmuth.