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 |
The date is uncertain; the text could be dated either in the period B1 or B2. The king quoted at l. 9 could be identified with the king Ydʿʾb Ygl attested in VL 1=CSAI I, 121. |
L.4: [... ...k]l ḏtm (Bron). | |
L.7: ]krb is probably the end of a proper name. | |
L.10: Brnṭm could also be read b-Rnṭm |
English | |
1 S²krm and Mʿdkrb, the two sons of ʾbydʿ, he of ʾbgl, dedicated [... ...] 2 [... ...] they paid as a tribute, they paid as a tithe to Ḥwkm from their resources and [... ...] 3 [... ... ]Ḥwkm orders and an oracle that they have requested and accomplished [... ...] 4 [... ...] as they have asked Him; may Ḥwkm henceforth continue to protect [... ...] 5 [.....]in war and in peace and in what they will ask to Him and [... ...] 6 [....]Ḥwkm their lives and their faculties and the son of S²krm and Mʿdkrb [... ...] 7 [... ... ]krb and Nbṭʿm and all their children and their properties those of the lowland [... ...] 8 [... ...] and by ḏt Ṣntm and ḏt Ẓhrn and ḏt Rḥbn and by [... ...] 9 [... ... ] and his son Ydʿʾb Ygl the two kings of Qatabān and by their tribe[... ...] 10 [... ... ] Brnṭm; they have committed, namely S²krm and Mʿdkrb and Br[... ...] 11 [... ... ]against everyone who may damage it or may remove it from its place. |
4 | [...] "everything which he (Ḥwkm) had allotted him (everything which had been allotted him) and may Ḥwkm in the future continue to help" [...] (Drewes 2003) |
Drewes 2003 | Drewes, Abraham J. 2003. The meaning of Sabaean mkrb, facts and fiction. Semitica, 51: 93-125. |
Support type | Artefact » Plaque » With framework |
Material | Bronze |
Measures | h. 35, w. 51 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | ʿAsīr |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Country | Saudi Arabia |
Link to site record |
Modern site | Hajar al-ʿĀdī |
Ancient site | Mrymtm |
Geographical area | Wādī Ḥarīb |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Ḥwkm |
Link to site record |
Anonymous 1982: 140, pl. 124B | Anonymous 1982. News and events. Atlal, 6: 137-141. |
Bron 1987 a: 129-132 | Bron, François 1987. Sur une nouvelle inscription qatabanite en bronze. Studi Epigrafici e Linguistici, 4: 129-132. |