Collection privée yéménite 2015-2
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| 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 |
TEXT
1 Yṯb Mʿhr N—
2 m s¹qny ʾl-
3 s¹ w-mrʾ-s¹ ʿ—
4 ṯtr S²bʿn
5 ʿd mḥrm-
6 s¹ Tlgg ḥ*g*-
7 n tkrb-s¹ |
8 w-ʾrḫt ḏt —
9 S²bʿn l-ʿbd-
10 s¹ Yṯb rṯd
11 Yṯb ḏt Ḥm—
12 ym ʾḏn-s¹ w-
13 bn-s¹ Lḥyʿt
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Yṯb Mʿhr Nm 2 dedicated to 3 his God and his Lord, 4 the Lady of S²bʿn, 5 in Her temple 6 Tlgg as he asked Her 7 and ḏt S²bʿn 8 intervened in favour of 9 Her servant Yṯb. 10 Yṯb committed to 11 ḏt Ḥmym 12 his faculties and 13 his son Lḥyʿt. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Unknown (Private collection) |
| Support type | Artefact » Plaque » With framework |
| Material | Bronze |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Hajar Lajiya / Hajar Warrāṣ |
| Ancient site | Ḥlzwm |
| Geographical area | Markha |
| Country | Yemen |
| Notes | The origin of the bronze plaque could be deduced by the text where is mentioned ʿṯtr S²bʿn, one of the tutelary deity of the city. |
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CULTURAL NOTES
The inscription shows the complexity of the south Arabian religious terminology. The dedication is addressed to ʿṯtr S²bʿn, at the line 8 she is named: ḏt S²bʿn and finally ḏt Ḥmym. It seems, therefore, that the name ʿṯtr is alterning with the pronoun ḏt. This text confirms the recent hypothesis of Ch. Robin (2012), for whom the theonym ʿṯtr could be used as a noun "Lady".
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Robin 2012: 351 | Robin, Christian J. 2012. ʿṯtr au féminin en Arabie méridionale. Pages 333-366 in Alexander V. Sedov (ed.). New research in archaeology and epigraphy of South Arabia and its neighbors. Proceedings of the "Rencontres Sabéennes 15" held in Moscow, May 25th –27th, 2011. Moscow: The State Museum of Oriental Art. [Annexe 1: Un réexamen de CIAS (sic!) I, 206 (Ch. Robin); Annexe 2: Trois inscriptions inédites des Missions Qatabān et Haut-Yāfiʿ (Ch. Robin, M. Arbach, A. Bāṭāyaʿ, I. Gajda, Kh. al-Ḥajj, M. Sālim, J. Schiettecatte)] |
| Prioletta and Arbach 2015 b: 257-259, fig. 2 | Prioletta, Alessia and Arbach, Mounir 2015. Nouveaux documents qatabānites. Semitica et Classica. Revue Internationale d'Études Orientales et Méditerranéennes, 8: 255-261. |