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 | Zydʾl seems to be the name of the dedicants' ancestor; ʾls²rḥ, instead of being the third dedicant, could be an ancestor as well. |
6 | w[... ...]tʾmnm (Jamme). |
10 | The last line is engraved on the bottom margin of the slab. |
English | |
1 S²rḥʾl and Zydʾl and their sons, those of Zydʾl and ʾls²rḥ, the Adamites, dedi- 2 cated to their God and their Lord ḏ-S¹mwy, God of ʾmrm, in[... ...] 3 in Tmnʿ a bronze dedication as S²rḥʾl and Zydʾl asked Him, before 4 this day, against things that had happened to them and to their sons before 5 this day, and the authority of ḏ-S¹mwy, God of ʾmrm may [... ...]so He intervened for 6 them, as they asked Him, then they testified ḏ-S¹mwy [... ...]gratitude; 7 S²rḥʾl and Zydʾl and the sons of both of them have committed to ḏ-S¹mwy the faculties of both of them and 8 the faculties of their two sons and the properties of both of them; may ḏ-S¹mwy repulse every enemy of both 9 of them and the enemy of what they possess and of what they will possess. Besides Zydʾl has committed to his Lord u-S¹- 10 mwy his camel ʿdwn, that is among his (camels) (?). |
3-6 | "... according to what S²rḥʾl and Zydʾl had assigned to him (the deity; had set aside for him, had promised him) before this day, against the bad luck which had struck them and their children before this day, and ḎS¹MWY, god of the oracle, allowed that [...] whatever (fate) he had preordained for them in response to what they had assigned to him (had set aside for him, had promised him) ..." (Drewes 2003). |
10 | CIAS translates ḏ-ḏy-s¹ "de ce qui est à lui"; Robin "qui est à Lui"; Avanzini 2004 a: 176 "he of ḏ-S¹mwy (?). |
Drewes 2003 | Drewes, Abraham J. 2003. The meaning of Sabaean mkrb, facts and fiction. Semitica, 51: 93-125. |
CIAS | 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] |
Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 483=AM 335 |
Support type | Artefact » Plaque » With framework |
Material | Bronze |
Measures | h. 46, w. 58 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Hajar Kuḥlān |
Ancient site | Tmnʿ |
Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
Country | Yemen |
Link to site record |
CIAS: ii, 141-144, 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] |
Jamme 1988: 31-40 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1988. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe XVI. Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A202307#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed] |
Robin and Vogt 1997: 184, cat. 235a | Robin, Christian J. and Vogt, Burkhard (eds) 1997. Yémen, au pays de la reine de Saba. Exposition présentée à l'Institut du monde arabe du 25 octobre 1997 au 28 février 1998. Paris: Flammarion, Institut du Monde Arabe. |