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Moussaieff 11


Bron 2004: 120, fig. 3

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRaised
Execution techniqueCasting
Measure of letters5
Chronology
PeriodA

GENERAL NOTES

The text can be dated back to the end of period A, beginning of B.

TEXT

marker


      [... ...]
   1  s²wrn ḏ-Ns²qm b-ḍ[r]
   2  ʾtmn b-ʿṯtr w-b ʾ—
   3  lmqh w-b ḏt Ḥmym
   4  w-b ḏt Bʿdn w-b ḏ—
   5  t Ns²qm w-b Ydʿʾl

TRANSLATIONS

English

      [... ...]
   1  ... of Ns²qm, during the war
   2  of ʾtmn, by ʿṯtr and by
   3  ʾlmqh and by ḏt Ḥmym
   4  and by ḏt Bʿdn and by ḏt
   5  Ns²qm and by Ydʿʾl.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositUnknown, Moussaïeff collection, The object is part of the Moussaïeff Collection. (Private collection)
Support typeArtefact » Plaque » With framework
MaterialBronze
Dimensionsh. 38, w. 50
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteal-Bayḍāʾ
Ancient siteNs²qm
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī al-Buhayra
CountryYemen
NotesThe origin from Ns²qm is hypothetic: it is inferred by the reference to the toponym in the text.
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CULTURAL NOTES

The inscription seems to make reference to the same event of the "war of ʾtmn", recorded in the text DhM 383 by an inhabitant of the Sabaean city of ʿrrtm (al-Asāḥil, in the Jawf), who was appointed as viceroy of the city of Kamna by the king Ydʿʾl Byn.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bron 2004: 121-123, 120 (fig. 3)Bron, François 2004. Nouvelles inscriptions sudarabiques sur bronze. Pages 118-126 in Alexander V. Sedov (ed.). Scripta Yemenica. Issledovanija po Južnoj Aravii. Sbornik naučnyh statej v čest' 60-letija M.B. Piotrovskogo. Moscow: Vostochna.
Jändl 2009: 144Jändl, Barbara 2009. Altsüdarabische Inschriften auf Metall. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 4). Tübingen: Wasmuth / Berlin: Wasmuth.