CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Al-Ghabbān et al. 2010: 324, cat. 135

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Marginal Minaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueCast
Chronology
PeriodB. Conjectural
Textual typologyDedicatory text

GENERAL NOTES

The same text is edited with many lacunae in Jändl 2009 with siglum Ryadh Museum of Archaeology 2006 S. 13. However, the photograph and edition in al-Ghabban 2010 show that the text is complete.

TEXT


   1  Rgyd bn Qs³mʾl
   2  w-Ṣfyn bn Mrd
   3  ḏ-Dbr s³lʾy w-s¹—
   4  qny ʿṯtr ḏ-Qb—
   5  ḍ w-Wdm S²hrn |
   6  s¹qnytn ḏt ʾ—
   7  ḫḏ ʾḥly-s¹mn |
   8  b-mqs³m b-gntn((Gntn))

TRANSLATIONS

French

   1  Rugayd fils de Qaśamaʾīl
   2  et Ṣufiyān fils de Murād
   3  dhū-Dabr ont dédié et of-
   4  fert à ʿAthtar dhu-Qabḍ
   5  et Waddum Shaharān
   6  cette offrande pré-
   7  lévée sur leurs marchandises
   8  au marché dans l'Oasis.
Al-Ghabbān et al. 2010: 324Al-Ghabbān, Alī I., André-Salvini, Béatrice, Demange, Françoise, Juvin, Carine and Cotty, Marianne (eds) 2010. Routes d'Arabie. Archéologie et histoire du royaume d'Arabie Saoudite. Catalogue Exposition Louvre Museum (14 juillet - 27 septembre 2010). Paris: Somogy.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositRiyāḍ, Museum of the Faculty of Archaeology of King Saʿud University, 262F8
Support typeArtefact » Plaque » With framework
MaterialBronze
Measuresh. 15.5, w. 17.5
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteQaryat al-Fāw
Ancient siteQrytm ḏt-Khlm
Geographical areaWādī al-Dawasir
CountrySaudi Arabia
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Jändl 2009: 126Jändl, Barbara 2009. Altsüdarabische Inschriften auf Metall. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 4). Tübingen: Wasmuth / Berlin: Wasmuth.
Al-Ghabbān et al. 2010: 324, cat. 135Al-Ghabbān, Alī I., André-Salvini, Béatrice, Demange, Françoise, Juvin, Carine and Cotty, Marianne (eds) 2010. Routes d'Arabie. Archéologie et histoire du royaume d'Arabie Saoudite. Catalogue Exposition Louvre Museum (14 juillet - 27 septembre 2010). Paris: Somogy.