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 |
English | |
1 Mʿdkrb and ʿmḏkr, sons of ʾlʿz, of the family Brnṭ- 2 m dedicated to Ḥwkm the dedication of bronze from the tribute 3 and the tithe they payed and gave to Ḥwkm from their 4 properties, as Ḥwkm ordered them in His oracle, 5 when Ḥwkm saved them against things that happened to 6 them. Might Ḥwkm continue to save them against all 7 evil and harm. They committed to Ḥwkm their lives 8 and their faculties and all their sons and their goods. By ʿm, 9 by ʾnby, by ʿṯtr ḏ-Ḥṭbm, by ḏt Ṣntm, 10 by ḏt Ẓhrn and by their tribe Bklm ḏ-Mrymtm. |
Support type | Artefact » Plaque |
Material | Bronze |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Hajar al-ʿĀdī |
Ancient site | Mrymtm |
Geographical area | Wādī Ḥarīb |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Religious context |
Link to site record |
Bron 2013 b: 191-192, fig. 5 | Bron, François 2013. Nouvelles inscriptions sudarabiques. 2. Semitica et Classica, 6: 187-194. |