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 Wdʾl and his two sons Tbʿʾl and ʾlḏrʾof the family Bʿn dedicated to Ḥwkm the de- 2 dication of bronze because Ḥwkm granted to Tbʿʾl the request Tbʿʾl asked Him. 3 Might Ḥwkm continue to protect Tbʿʾl in everything he will ask Him. They committed to 4 Ḥwkm their lives, their faculties and the sons of Tbʿʾl, Yṣrʿm and Lḥyʿṯt, 5 and all their sons and their goods. By ʿm, by ʾnby, by Ḥwkm, by ḏt Ṣ- 6 ntm, by ḏt Ẓhrn, by ḏt Rḥbn, by ḏt Fnwtm, by ḏt Ḥmym 7 and by their lord S²hr Ygl and his son Whbʿm, the two kings of Qatabān. |
Support type | Artefact » Plaque » With framework |
Material | Bronze |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Unknown |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | Unknown |
Country | Unknown |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Ḥwkm |
Link to site record |
Bron 2013 b: 192-193, fig. 6 | Bron, François 2013. Nouvelles inscriptions sudarabiques. 2. Semitica et Classica, 6: 187-194. |