CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Frontal view
Pirenne 1987: pl. 7/b
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodD
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

GENERAL NOTES

The beginning of the text was on the smaller right side of the incense burner, now completely damaged.

TEXT


      [... ...]
   1  ḏt Ḥmym l-wfy-hw w-wfy mḫtn-hw (|)
   2  w-ʾlwd-hw w-l-tḫmrn-hw ʿs³bt ṣd—
   3  qm w-ḏt trḍyn b-mhrt-hw w-wf—
   4  (y) w-ṣḥ grb-hw w-l-tʾḫrn w-ʿrm k(l)
   5  (s²n)ʾ-hw w-ḏ-yrʾyn-hw b-ʿyn s¹wʾm ḏ(t)
   6  [... ...](bb)ʿ[... ...](ʾ) ḏ-(Bynn)( |)

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...]
   2  ḏt Ḥmym, for his safety and the safety of his house
   3  and of his children, and may She grant him good pastureland
   4  and that satisfaction in his wealth and the safety
   5  and the health of his person, and may She remove and overthrow all
   6  his enemies and whom looks at him with bad eye
   7  [... ...] ḏ-Bynn.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Incense burner
ShapeWith truncated pyramidal base
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 32, w. 37, th. 17.5
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteBaynūn
Ancient siteBynn
Geographical areaKhawlân
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Pirenne 1987: 102-103, pl. 7/a-bPirenne, Jacqueline 1987. Documents inédites de Baynūn. Pages 99-112 in Christian J. Robin and Muḥammad ʿA. Bāfaqīh (eds). Ṣayhadica. Recherches sur les inscriptions de l'Arabie préislamique offertes par ses collègues au professeur A.F. L. Beeston. (Arabie préislamique, 1). Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner.