CIAS 95.11/p 8 n° 1 AM 60.1477; Q 905; CSAI I, 171
By kind permission of GOAM
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Cast | ||
| Measure of letters | 2.2 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
GENERAL NOTES
| The dating is suggested by textual and palaeographical reasons. |
TEXT
1 [... ...]mrʾ-s¹ Bʿl Bs³rm |
2 [... ...]s¹qnyt ḏhbn ḥg
3 [... ...]n Qnʾ l-wfy mqm
4 [... ... ]mhrt-s¹ rṯd Ṯwbn
5 [... ...]y mḥrm-s¹ mqm-s¹ w-ʾ—
6 [ḏn-s¹ ... ...]t-s¹ b-Bʿl Bs³rm w-s¹q—
7 [nyt ... ...]rm bn brṯ-s¹ |
| 2 | [ʿd ʿtm ... ...] (Jamme). |
| 3 | [n tkrb-s¹ ... hgr]n (Jamme); we are not sure that Qnʾ is either the name of the well known Hadramitic port or the name of another place. |
| 4 | [-s¹ w-ʾḏn-s¹ w-wld-s¹ w-] (Jamme). |
| 5 | [Bʿl Bs³rm w-ʾlh]y (Jamme). |
| 6 | [ḏn-s¹ w-wld-s¹ w-mhr]t-s¹ (Jamme). |
| 7 | [nyt-s¹ bn ms¹nkr]m (Jamme). |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 2694=AM 60.1477 |
| Support type | Artefact » Plaque » With framework |
| Material | Bronze |
| Measures | h. 20.5, w. 19, th. 0.5 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Archaeological context | Religious context |
| Notes | There are two temples in Qataban dedicated to the god Bʿl Bs³rm, one named Ṣnʿ (Doe 2=CSAI I, 129) and another one named ʿtm (AM 60.1478=CSAI I, 168). This last inscription, of which no photo is available, is also inscribed on a bronze plaque and has a text perfectly parallel to CIAS 95.11/p 8 n° 1. |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1971 b: 134-135 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1971. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe II. Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A206497#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed] |
| CIAS: ii, 205-208, photo | Beeston, Alfred F.L., Pirenne, Jacqueline and Robin, Christian J. 1977-1986. Corpus des inscriptions et antiquités sud-arabes: Vol. I (1977): Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités; Vol. II (1986): Le Musée d’Aden. Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités. Louvain: Peeters. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres] |