Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Northern Middle Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Cast | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
Expiatory text. |
1 | the editor reads Ḥlgm. |
English | |
1 Ḥllm, son of Dhyt, Hbs²- 2 nyn confessed and did penance 3 to his Lord ḏ-S¹mwy Master of 4 Ġrw, because he entered 5 the temple and on his reins (he wore) 6 a belt which was not clean, 7 and because he entered the temple 8 and he touched a lustful (?) woman. |
8 | The root WDQ means "to ruin, to fall down". However, the editors propose to translate the word mhwdq as "ġalimat" ("lustful") referred to the woman, on the basis of a comparison found in the Lisān al-ʿArab, where the word refers to female animals desirous to couple. |
al-Ṣilwī and al-Aġbarī 2013: 52 | al-Ṣilwī, Ibrāhim and al-Aġbarī, Fahmī 2013. Naqš ǧadīd min nuqūš al-iʿtirāf al-ʿalanī min maʿbad ĠRW. Dirāsa fī dalālāti-hi al-luġawiyya wa-l-dīniyya. Adūmātū, 25: 51-58. |
Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, Military Museum, MṢM 7250 |
Support type | Artefact » Plaque » With framework |
Material | Bronze |
Measures | h. 22, w. 13.5 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Unknown |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | wādī Shuḍayf |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple ḏ-S¹mwy bʿl Ġrw |
Link to site record |
al-Ṣilwī and al-Aġbarī 2013: 51, fig. 1 | al-Ṣilwī, Ibrāhim and al-Aġbarī, Fahmī 2013. Naqš ǧadīd min nuqūš al-iʿtirāf al-ʿalanī min maʿbad ĠRW. Dirāsa fī dalālāti-hi al-luġawiyya wa-l-dīniyya. Adūmātū, 25: 51-58. |