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 |
English | |
1 S¹ʿdʾl ḏ-ʾbʿm dedicated to Ḥwkm Nbṭ and to the gods of the temple 2 S²bʿn the dedication of bronze, as he asked Him; 3 and Ḥwkm in the future might protect S¹ʿdʾl in everything he 4 will ask Him. S²ʿdʾl committed to Ḥwkm and to his gods his 5 faculties and his material resources and his brother ʾs¹ʿd and their sons 6 and their people. By ʿṯtr, by ʿmm, ʾnby, Ḥwkm and by their 7 tribe Bklm ḏ-Mrymtm. S¹ʿdʾl committed his dedication 8 against everyone who may damage and remove from its place. |
Support type | Artefact » Plaque » With framework |
Material | Bronze |
Measures | h. 31.5, w. 26.6 |
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 2010 a: 170-171, fig. 6 | Bron, François 2010. Nouvelles inscriptions sudarabiques. Semitica et Classica, 3: 163-175. |