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 |
English | |
1 S¹ʿdwdm, son of Hwfʾl, 2 dedicated to ḏ-S¹mwy, Lord of 3 Byn, this offering, 4 as he promised Him when he was banned 5 in Byn from his 6 Lord. So might the will of ḏ-S¹mwy 7 be generous for everything that he 8 will ask Him. And in fact He fulfilled him. |
4-8 | ʾḏ s¹tḥrm b-Byn mn mrʾ-hw f-l tʿs¹mn ʾdn ḏ-S¹mwy l-kl ḏ-yktrbn-hw f-s¹mʿ-hw: "when he asked help in Byn from his Lord. And may be often repeated the protection of ḏ-S¹mwy on what he will ask Him. And He fulfills him" (al-Aġbarī F. 2015). |
al-Aġbarī 2015: 2 | al-Aġbarī, Fahmī 2015. Naqš sabaʾī ǧadīda min nuqūš al-ihdāʾāt. Dirāsa fī dalālāti-hi al-luġawiyya wa-l-dīniyya. Pages 1-4 in Mounir Arbach and Jérémie Schiettecatte (eds). Pre-Islamic South Arabia and its Neighbours: New Developments of Research. Proceedings of the 17th Rencontres Sabéennes held in Paris, 6–8 June 2013. (BAR International Series, 2740). Oxford: Archaeopress. [British Foundation for the Study of Arabia Monographs, 16] |
Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, Military Museum, MṢM 7249 |
Support type | Artefact » Plaque » With framework |
Material | Bronze |
Measures | h. 24, w. 18 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Kharibat Hamdān |
Ancient site | Hrm |
Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī Madhab |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Byn |
Link to site record |
al-Aġbarī 2015: 1-4, fig. 1 | al-Aġbarī, Fahmī 2015. Naqš sabaʾī ǧadīda min nuqūš al-ihdāʾāt. Dirāsa fī dalālāti-hi al-luġawiyya wa-l-dīniyya. Pages 1-4 in Mounir Arbach and Jérémie Schiettecatte (eds). Pre-Islamic South Arabia and its Neighbours: New Developments of Research. Proceedings of the 17th Rencontres Sabéennes held in Paris, 6–8 June 2013. (BAR International Series, 2740). Oxford: Archaeopress. [British Foundation for the Study of Arabia Monographs, 16] |