Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic | ||||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||||
Writing technique | Cast | ||||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
English | |
1 ʿbl and ʾlkll and their children, banū 2 Wqhm dedicated to their two gods ʿṯtr 3 ḏ-S³mḥ and ʿṯtr ḏ-Rydn the two lords 4 of the irrigation of the citadel Ṯmn, because he assured 5 and will assure safety of their free men and women and the 6 safety of what they had and the safety of their settlers and their 7 goods and their lands and because he humiliated 8 and defeated all that were for them enemies 9 and opponents. This dedication was in the year 10 one hundred sixty-one. |
Deposit | München, Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde, 91-315-336 |
Support type | Artefact » Plaque » With framework |
Material | Bronze |
Measures | h. 20, w. 13.7, th. 0.2 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Unknown |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | Dhamār |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʿṯtr ḏ-S³nḥ and ʿṯtr ḏ-Rydn |
Link to site record |
Höfner 1994: 104-107, fig. 3 | Höfner, Maria 1994. Sabaeica Minora. Pages 102-108 in Norbert Nebes. Arabia Felix. Beiträge zur Sprache und Kultur des vorislamischen Arabien. Festschrift Walter W. Müller zum 60. Geburtstag. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. |
Jändl 2009: 105-106 (photo p. 56) | Jändl, Barbara 2009. Altsüdarabische Inschriften auf Metall. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 4). Tübingen: Wasmuth / Berlin: Wasmuth. |
Müller, Walter W. 2010: 21 | Müller, Walter W. 2010. Sabäische Inschriften nach Ären datiert. Bibliographie, Texte und Glossar. (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission, 53). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. |