Hoqat Q 254; CSAI I, 130
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 S²ʿrm Hrn s¹qny mrʾ-s¹ w-ʾl-s¹ ʿṯtr w-ʿm w-ʾlhy bytn B(n)—
2 ʾ ṣlm ḏhbn frʿm frʿ-s¹ w-ḥg ḥrg ʿṯtr w-ʿm b-ms¹ʾl-s¹my w-
3 ʿṯtr w-ʿm w-ʾlhw bytn Bnʾ l-yrdʾwn ʿbd-s¹m S²ʿrm b-ḏ—
4 tm nʿmt w-b tnʿm l-S²ʿrm w-l bkl-s¹m rṯd S²ʿrm ʿṯtr
5 w-ʿm w-ʾlhy bytn Bnʾ mqm-s¹ w-ʾḏn-s¹ w-ʾḫ-s¹ S²ḥrn w-wld-
6 s¹ w-bkl-s¹m w-ḏm qnyw w-ṣlm-s¹ bn ms¹nkrm w-ms¹fʾym b—
7 n brṯ-s¹ b-ʿṯtr w-b-ʿm w-b ʾnby w-b mrʾ-s¹m ḏt Ṣntm bʿ—
8 l Qlbn w-b-ḏt Ẓhrn w-b ʾmrʾ-s¹ Wrwʾl Ġyln Yhnʿm mlk
9 [Q]tbn w-ʾḫh-s¹ww bnw S²hr w-b ʾmrʾ-s¹ bnw ḏ-Hr(n)
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 S²ʿrm Hrn dedicated to his Lord and his God ʿṯtr and to ʿm and to the gods of the temple Bn- 2 ʾ the bronze statue as a tribute he had to pay and as had ordered ʿṯtr and ʿm in Their oracles and 3 may ʿṯtr and ʿm and the gods of the temple Bnʾ help Their servant S²ʿrm in what 4 has been and will be favourable for S²ʿrm and their people; S²ʿrm has committed to ʿṯtr 5 and to ʿm and to the gods of the temple Bnʾ his material resources, his faculties and his brother S²ḥrn and his son 6 and his people and what they possess and his statue against everyone who may damage or move 7 it from its place; by ʿṯtr and by ʿm and by ʾnby and by their Lord ḏt Ṣntm Master 8 of Qlbn and by ḏt Ẓhrn and by his lords Wrwʾl Ġyln Yhnʿm kings of 9 Qatabān and his brothers, the sons of S²hr and by his lords the people of ḏ-Hrn. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, AM 736 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 31.5, w. 47.6, th. 10 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Hajar Kuḥlān |
| Ancient site | Tmnʿ |
| Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
The dedication is
executed in accordance with the oracular command of the gods ʿṯtr and ʿm and of the gods of the
temple Bnʾ. The reason for the dedication is very vague "and the gods of temple
Bnʾ might help their servant S²ʿrm in what has been and will be favourable to S²ʿrm".
executed in accordance with the oracular command of the gods ʿṯtr and ʿm and of the gods of the
temple Bnʾ. The reason for the dedication is very vague "and the gods of temple
Bnʾ might help their servant S²ʿrm in what has been and will be favourable to S²ʿrm".
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Höfner 1961: 453-59, pl. 1 | Höfner, Maria 1961. Eine qatabanische Weihinschrift aus Timnaʿ. Le Muséon, 74: 453-459. |