CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Bron 2010 a: 174, fig. 9

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodC
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT


   1  ʾbnt ḏt byt Whbm ʿb—
   2  d Nbṭʿly bn Brnṭm s¹—
   3  qnyt ḏt Ṣntm bʿl Q—
   4  lbn hwrty blqn w-ʿs³—
   5  b w-mḫḍ mkntn Fys²w ḏ—
   6  t ʿlw hwrtn w-ʾs¹ṭr |
   7  hwrtn ḏty ḏhbm bn f—
   8  rʿm frʿt-s¹ ḥg-km ḥrgt-
   9  s¹ b-ms¹ʾl-s¹ rṯdt ʾbnt |
  10  ḏt Ṣntm ʾḏn-s¹ w-qny-
  11  s¹ w-bny-s¹yw Wtrm w-Rtʿ |
  12  w-Ḏḫrm w-ʾḫ-s¹ Ms²krm |
  13  w-bnt-s¹ ʾnʿm b-ʿm w-b |
  14  ʾnby w-b Ḥwkm w-b-ʿṯ—
  15  tr ḏ-Ḥṭbm w-b ḏt Ṣnt—
  16  m w-b ḏt Ẓhrn w-b ḏt R—
  17  ḥbn w-b-ḏt Ḥmym w-b Ḍ—
  18  bʿn bn Brnṭm w-b ʾmr—
  19  ʾ-s¹ ʾbʿl Yʿd w-b ʾḫh-
  20  s¹yw ʾdm bn Brnṭm w-b
  21  s²ʿb-s¹m Bklm ḏ-Mrymtm

Apparatus
19Yʿd could be a name of group.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  ʾbnt of the house of Whbm, the
   2  servant of Nbṭʿly, ibn Brnṭm, dedicated
   3  to ḏt Ṣntm, the Lord of Qlbn
   4  the foundations in stone, the property
   5  and the stone structure of the shrine Fys²w, above
   6  the foundation, and the inscriptions of
   7  the foundation in bronze, from the tribute she
   8  had to pay to Her, as She ordered to her
   9  in Her oracle. ʾbnt committed
  10  to ḏt Ṣntm her faculties and her
  11  goods and her sons Wtrm, Rtʿ,
  12  Ḏrḥm, and her brother Ms²krm,
  13  and her daughter ʾnʿm. By ʿmm, by
  14  ʾnby, by Ḥwkm, by ʿṯtr
  15  ḏ-Ḥṭbm, by ḏt Ṣntm,
  16  by ḏt Ẓhrn, by ḏt Rḥbn,
  17  by ḏt Ḥmym, by Ḍbʿn,
  18  ibn Brnṭm, by her masters,
  19  the lords of Yʿd, by her brothers,
  20  the vassals of the banū Brnṭm, and by
  21  their tribe of Bklm ḏ-Mrytm.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Slab
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteHajar al-ʿĀdī
Ancient siteMrymtm
Geographical areaWādī Ḥarīb
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of ḏt Ṣntm bʿl Qlbn
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bron 2010 a: 173-175, fig. 9Bron, François 2010. Nouvelles inscriptions sudarabiques. Semitica et Classica, 3: 163-175.