Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 2.5 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
English | |
1 Brʾt wife of Rṯdʾl of the family S²ḥz dedi- 2 cated to ḏt Ḥmym, the divinity of Yġl, the bronze sta- 3 tue as she asked Her for her safety and for the safe- 4 ty of her faculties and of her material resources and of her properties; she was Collector of 5 ʿm ḏ-Rbḥw and Priestess of ʿm ḏ-Dymt; 6 by Wrwʾl Ġyln Yhnʿm. |
2 | See Robin 2012: 338 for the translation of ʿṯtr. |
Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 56=AM 433 |
Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
Material | Bronze; Stone |
Measures | Stone base: h. 17, w. 26, th. 5.8; bronze statuette: h. 18 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Hajar Kuḥlān |
Ancient site | Tmnʿ |
Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple Yġl of ḏt Ḥmym |
Notes | We are not sure that Yġl was the name of a temple (see Robin 2012: 342). |
Link to site record |
CIAS: i, 131-134, photo | Beeston, Alfred F.L., Pirenne, Jacqueline and Robin, Christian J. 1977-1986. Corpus des inscriptions et antiquités sud-arabes: Vol. I (1977): Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités; Vol. II (1986): Le Musée d’Aden. Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités. Louvain: Peeters. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres] |
ʿAlī ʿAqīl and Antonini 2007: 134, photos | ʿAlī ʿAqīl,ʿAzza and Antonini, Sabina 2007. Bronzi sudarabici di periodo preislamico. Repertorio iconografico sudarabico. 3. Paris: de Boccard / Rome: IsIAO. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres; Istituto Italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente] |
Robin 2012 | Robin, Christian J. 2012. ʿṯtr au féminin en Arabie méridionale. Pages 333-366 in Alexander V. Sedov (ed.). New research in archaeology and epigraphy of South Arabia and its neighbors. Proceedings of the "Rencontres Sabéennes 15" held in Moscow, May 25th –27th, 2011. Moscow: The State Museum of Oriental Art. [Annexe 1: Un réexamen de CIAS (sic!) I, 206 (Ch. Robin); Annexe 2: Trois inscriptions inédites des Missions Qatabān et Haut-Yāfiʿ (Ch. Robin, M. Arbach, A. Bāṭāyaʿ, I. Gajda, Kh. al-Ḥajj, M. Sālim, J. Schiettecatte)] |