Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Cast | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
1 | the dedication is made by Hwfʿm (the verb at l. 2 is singular), but it is impossible that all the names in the line 1 were names of several fathers. |
English | |
1 Hwfʿm ʾʿzz, son of S²krʾl, Whbʾl, Ys²rḥʾl, Hwfʾl, Mʿdʾl, of the family 2 ʾbrn, dedicated to ʿṯtr, Lord of Bnʾ, to ʿmm and to Ḥwkm and to the gods of the temple Lbḫ the altar of bronze 3 and his relief carving, as he asked Him. Hwfʿm committed to ʿṯtr, Lord of Bnʾ, ʿmm, Ḥwkm, 4 and the gods of the temple Lbḫ his faculties and his sons ʾlzʿd, Rḍwn, Nbṭʿm, Ys²rḥʾl 5 and all their children, their goods, their houses. By ʿṯtr, by ʿmm, by ʾnby, by Ḥwkm, 6 by his lord S²hr Ygl Yhrgb, king of Qatabān, and by his tribe Bklm ḏ-Mrymtm. |
Support type | Artefact » Plaque » With framework |
Material | Bronze |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Hajar al-ʿĀdī |
Ancient site | Mrymtm |
Geographical area | Wādī Ḥarīb |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʿṯtr bʿl Bnʾ |
Link to site record |
Bron 2010 a: 172-173, fig. 8 | Bron, François 2010. Nouvelles inscriptions sudarabiques. Semitica et Classica, 3: 163-175. |