FB-Ḥawkam 5
Bron 2010 a: 172, fig. 7
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 Yʿlṣ bn ʿmydʿ Brnṭm ḏ-ʾydʿn s¹qny Ḥwkm Nbṭ w-ʾlhy by—
2 tn S²bʿn ṣlmnyhn ḥg-n ts²ft-s¹ w-Ḥwkm w-ʾlh-s¹ww mlʾt l-ys¹ʾm—
3 nwn Yʿlṣ kl-ḏm b-yktrb-s¹m rṯd Yʿlṣ Ḥwkm w-ʾlh-s¹ww mqm-s¹ w-
4 ʾḏn-s¹ w-ʾḫh-s¹ww w-bkl-s¹m b-ʿm w-b ʾnby w-b Ḥwkm rṯd Yʿlṣ |
5 s¹qnyt-s¹ bn ms¹nkrm w-ms¹fʾym bn brṯ-s¹my
| 3 | Bron wrongly reads: kl-ḏm yktrb-s¹m. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Yʿlṣ, son of ʿmydʿ Brnṭm ḏ-ʾydʿn, dedicated to Ḥwkm Nbṭ and to the gods of the temple 2 S²bʿn the (two?) statues, as he asked Him, and Ḥwkm and his gods in the future might protect 3 Yʿlṣ in everything he will ask to them. Yʿlṣ committed to Ḥwkm and to his gods his material resources 4 and his faculties and his brothers and their people. By ʿmm, by ʾnby and by Ḥwkm. Yʿlṣ committed 5 his dedication against everyone who may damage and remove from its place. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Hajar al-ʿĀdī |
| Ancient site | Mrymtm |
| Geographical area | Wādī Ḥarīb |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Ḥwkm Nbṭ w-ʾlhy bytn S²bʿn |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bron 2010 a: 171-172, fig. 7 | Bron, François 2010. Nouvelles inscriptions sudarabiques. Semitica et Classica, 3: 163-175. |