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 - fragmentary |
English | |
1 ʾbʿly and ʾws¹ʿm descendants of ʾls²rḥ and ʿbdm, and the sons of them both Klbn [... ...] 2 [.]mrm, Klbn, Ṣbḥm and ʿydm, of the family ʾdwḥ, the two qynw of ʾ[... ...] 3 .. and ʾbʿly, ʾws¹ʿm and Klbn did a covenant with ḏt Rḥbn, S³ḥrm [... ...] 4 ... dedicated to Ḥwkm Nbṭ and the gods of the temple S²bʿn the bull and the dedication [... ...] 5 [.] as a tribute and tithe they had to pay and give for Ḥwkm and His gods, because [... ...] 6 . their faculties and all their children and their properties and their houses Yʿd [... ...] by 7 ʿṯtr, ʿm, ʾnby, Ḥwkm, ʿm ḏ-Rymtm [... ...] |
3 | Bron translates the verb ʿṣmw with "ont voué". |
4 | in FB-Ḥawkam 6, 2-3: bn frʿm w-ʿs²rm frʿw w-ʿs²r l-Ḥwkm. |
Support type | Artefact » Plaque » With framework |
Material | Bronze |
Link to object record |
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 |
Bron 2009 a: 121-122, fig. 2 | Bron, François 2009. Trois nouvelles dédicaces qatabanites à Ḥawkam. Orientalia, 78/2: 121-126. |