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FB-Ḥawkam 8
Bron 2018: 239, fig. 1
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic | ||
| 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 - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [... ...mr]ʾ-s¹ Ḥwkm Nbṭ w-ʾlhy bytn S²bʿn s¹qny(t)[... ...]
2 [... ...]l-s¹m w-frʿ-s¹ b-hgrn Hdw w-ḏn s²ft-s¹ bn s²ʾm ʾmt-s¹ ʿn [... ...]
3 [... ...] ḏn ywmn l-ʾḫr w-b-ḏ(t)m rdʾ-s¹ b-mhrgm hrg bn ḍr ʿm w-ʾ[nby ... ...]
4 [... ...] w-ynʿmn w-s¹qnyt-s¹m bn bn ms¹nkrm w-ms¹fʾym bn brṯ-s¹ b-ʿṯtr w-b-ʿ[m ... ...]
5 [... ...ḏt-Ḥmym ḏt ]ʾdhnm w-ḏt-ḫlf Rdʿ w-b ʾmrʾ-s¹ Wrwʾl Ġyln Yhnʿm mlk Qtbn w-[... ...]
| 3 | The editor wrongly reads: b-ḏtn. |
| 3 | The integration of the theonym ʾnby at the end of the line is hypothetical. Bron recalls: mlk ʿm w-ʾnby "the kingdom of ʿm and ʾnby" in MuB 673, ll. 6-7. |
| 4 | The integration nʿm proposed by the editor at the beginning of the line is probable. Morphologically, ynʿmn is incorrect in Qatabanic, where the verbal form yfʿln is not attested. Is it a Sabaic formula used in the Qatabanic of wādī Ḥarīb? |
TRANSLATIONS
| French | |
1 … pour son seign]eur Ḥawkam Nabaṭ et les dieux du temple S²abʿān, dédicace [… 2 …] leur […] et il Lui a payé comme tribut dans la ville de Hidū et ce qu’il Lui a promis de l’acquisition de sa servante lorsque [… 3 … depuis] ce jour à l’avenir et avec ce qu’il lui a voué avec le massacre qu’il a accompli durant la guerre de ʿAmm et de An[bī … 4 … a été] et sera favorable et leur dédicace contre celui qui l’endommagerait ou l’ôterait de sa place. Par ʿAṯtar et par ʿA[mm … 5 … dhāt-Ḥimyam,] celle d’Adhanum et celle de la porte de Radāʿ et par leurs suzerains Warawʾil Ġaylān Yuhanʿim, roi de Qatabān et [… |
| Bron 2018 | Bron, François 2018. Trois nouvelles inscriptions sudarabiques sur bronze. Semitica et Classica, 11: 239-242. 2019/02/20; https://doi.org/10.1484/J.SEC.5.116810. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Plaque » With framework |
| Material | Bronze |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| 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 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bron 2018: 239-240, fig. 1 | Bron, François 2018. Trois nouvelles inscriptions sudarabiques sur bronze. Semitica et Classica, 11: 239-242. 2019/02/20; https://doi.org/10.1484/J.SEC.5.116810. |