Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
English | |
1 S²ʿrm Hrn dedicated to his Lord and his God ʿṯtr and to ʿm and to the gods of the temple Bn- 2 ʾ the bronze statue as a tribute he had to pay and as had ordered ʿṯtr and ʿm in Their oracles and 3 may ʿṯtr and ʿm and the gods of the temple Bnʾ help Their servant S²ʿrm in what 4 has been and will be favourable for S²ʿrm and their people; S²ʿrm has committed to ʿṯtr 5 and to ʿm and to the gods of the temple Bnʾ his material resources, his faculties and his brother S²ḥrn and his son 6 and his people and what they possess and his statue against everyone who may damage or move 7 it from its place; by ʿṯtr and by ʿm and by ʾnby and by their Lord ḏt Ṣntm Master 8 of Qlbn and by ḏt Ẓhrn and by his lords Wrwʾl Ġyln Yhnʿm kings of 9 Qatabān and his brothers, the sons of S²hr and by his lords the people of ḏ-Hrn. |
Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, AM 736 |
Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 31.5, w. 47.6, th. 10 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Hajar Kuḥlān |
Ancient site | Tmnʿ |
Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Religious context |
Link to site record |
Höfner 1961: 453-59, pl. 1 | Höfner, Maria 1961. Eine qatabanische Weihinschrift aus Timnaʿ. Le Muséon, 74: 453-459. |