Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Northern Middle Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
The inscription is culturally Northern Sabaic, but it does not contain any linguistically distinguishing Northern Sabaic feature. |
English | |
1 ʾlwhb of Ṣrfn dedicated to ḏ-S¹mwy, 2 god of ʾmrm at Byn, the statue 3 in bronze, according to what He ordered 4 him, because ḏ-S¹mwy saved His servant 5 ʾlwhb from the sickness he suffered from; 6 (and) for his safety and the safety of his brothers and 7 the safety of their house. |
Deposit | Wien, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Sem 9 |
Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 17, w. 23 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Kharibat Hamdān |
Ancient site | Hrm |
Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī Madhab |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ḏ-S¹mwy bʿl Byn |
Link to site record |
CIH: II/3, 245-246, pl. 22 | 1889-1930. Inscriptiones Himyariticas et Sabaeas Continens. CIS, Corpus inscriptionum semiticarum ab Academia Inscriptionum et Litterarum Humaniorum conditum atque digestum. (3 vols), Paris: Imprimerie nationale. [Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres.] |
Robin 1992 a: 99-100, pl. 10/a | Robin, Christian J. 1992. Inabbaʾ, Haram, al-Kāfir, Kamna et al-Ḥarāshif. Fasc. A: Les documents. Fasc. B: Les planches. Inventaire des inscriptions sudarabiques. 1. Paris: de Boccard / Rome: Herder. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres; Istituto italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente] |