al-Saʿīd 2005
al-Saʿīd 2005: 48-49
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Cast | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 Yzd w-bny-hw Whbs²bʿn w-
2 Ḫrf bnw ḏ-Mryʾm ʾdm ḏ-
3 Grfm hqnyw ʿṯtr bʿl ʾ—
4 ḏnn ms³ndn ḥmdm b-ḏt r—
5 s²yy bny-hw Kbrm w-Brkm
6 w-b-ḏt hwfy hmt ġlmnhn b-
7 hyt rs²wtn w-b-ḏt yzʾn ʿ—
8 ṯtr hwfyn hmt ġlmnhn
9 w-ʾṯmr-hmw b-ʿṯtr ḏ-Grbm
10 w-Bʿl ʾḏnn
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Yzd and his sons Whbs²bʿn and 2 Ḫrf descendants of ḏ-Mryʾm vassals of ḏ- 3 Grfm dedicated to ʿṯtr Master of ʾ- 4 ḏnn this inscription, because 5 his two sons Kbrm and Brkm became priests 6 and because He protected these young men 7 during this priesthood, and so that ʿṯtr may continue 8 to protect these young men 9 and their crops; by ʿṯtr ḏ-Grbm 10 and the Master of ʾḏnn. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Plaque » With framework |
| Material | Bronze |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | as-Sawdāʾ |
| Ancient site | Ns²n |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī al-Buhayra |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʿṯtr bʿl ʾḏnn |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
ʿṯtr ḏ-Grbm and ʿṯtr bʿl ʾḏnn are two gods of Nashshān. However, the second one was only attested in the archaic period so far (cf. Moussaieff 22).
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| al-Saʿīd 2005: 40, fig. 1 | al-Saʿīd, Saʿīd F. 2005. Naqš sabaʾī ǧadīd. Pages 39-49 in Amida Sholan, Sabina Antonini and Mounir Arbach (eds). Sabaean Studies (Dirāsāt Sabaʾiyya). Archaeological, epigraphical and historical studies in honour of Yūsuf M. ʿAbdallāh, Alessandro de Maigret, Christian J. Robin on the occasion of their sixtieth birthdays. Naples: Università degli studi di Napoli l'Orientale. [University of Ṣanʿāʾ; Yemeni-Italian Centre for Archeological Reserches Ṣanʿāʾ; Centre français d'archéologie et de sciences sociales de Ṣanʿāʾ] |