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Shuḍayf 2020-3
Arbach and Rossi 2020: 38, fig. 10
By kind permission of M. Arbach
By kind permission of M. Arbach
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Northern Middle Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Raised | ||
| Execution technique | Casting | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
GENERAL NOTES
| Based on palaeographical and content analysis, the inscription is likely dated to the 1st c. CE. |
TEXT
1 Nṣrm bn ʾs¹dm (ʿb)d bn (Gdnm)( hq)—
2 ny ʾlh-hw ḏ-S¹mwy bʿl Yġrw [...]—
3 t ḏhbm ḏt ʾḫḏ b-ʿly-hw (b)-(ms¹ʾl)-
4 hw b-ḏt hwfy-hw b-kl ʾmlʾ s¹(tm)—
5 lʾ w-tbs²r b-ʿm-hw f-hwfy (ḏ)-(S¹mwy)
6 ʿbd-hw Nṣrm b-kl ḏ-s¹tmlʾ b-ʿ—
7 m-hw w-l s¹ʿd-hw ḏ-S¹mwy rḍw
8 ʾmrʾ-hw w-bry ʾḏn-hw w-l ṯ—
9 wbn-hw-ḏ-S¹mwy ṯwb ynʿmn|
| 2-3 | The lacuna contains a noun at the status constructus, whose final letter is the "t" at l. 3. |
| 5 | The verb tbs²r lacks the augmentation -n which is required in the "infinitive chains" in Middle Sabaic. This feature is found in other Northern Middle Sabaic texts. |
TRANSLATIONS
| French | |
1 Nṣrm fils de ʾs¹dm, sujet d'ibn Gadanum, a 2 offert à son dieu dhū-Samāwī maître de Yaġrū […] 3 de bronze qu’Il a exigé par lui dans Son oracle 4 parce qu’Il l’a satisfait avec toutes les faveurs qu’il avait 5 demandées et sollicitées auprès de Lui ; et dhū-Samāwī 6 a satisfait son serviteur Nṣrm avec tout ce qu’il a demandé auprès 7 de Lui ; et que dhū-Samāwī lui accorde la satisfaction 8 de ses seigneurs et la prospérité de ses facultés et que 9 dhū-Samāwī le récompense d’une gratification qui soit favorable. |
| Arbach and Rossi 2020: 37 | Arbach, Mounir and Rossi, Irene 2020. Haram, cité antique du Jawf (Yémen): quelques bribes de dix siècles d'histoire et nouveaux textes amīrites. Semitica et Classica, 13: 19-47. 2024/01/13; https://dx.doi.org/10.1484/J.SEC.5.122979. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Plaque » With framework |
| Material | Bronze |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown (wādī Shuḍayf) |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | wādī Shuḍayf |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple Yġrw of ḏ-S¹mwy |
| Notes | The origin of the plaque is inferred from the content of the inscription. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Arbach and Rossi 2020: 31-32, 37-38, fig. 10 | Arbach, Mounir and Rossi, Irene 2020. Haram, cité antique du Jawf (Yémen): quelques bribes de dix siècles d'histoire et nouveaux textes amīrites. Semitica et Classica, 13: 19-47. 2024/01/13; https://dx.doi.org/10.1484/J.SEC.5.122979. |