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CIH 86 RES 660
Jändl 2009: 236, pl. XVII
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Raised | ||
| Execution technique | Casting | ||
| Measure of letters | 1.6 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
GENERAL NOTES
| For a general hypothesis of a date for the bronze tablets from ʿAmrān, cf. Avanzini 2008 b. In some cases the more realistic date is between two periods. |
TEXT
1 ʾs¹ʿd Fwqmn ʿbd bn |
2 Mrṯdm hqny ʾlmqh ḏ-
3 Hrn ms³ndn ḥg-n k-wqh-
4 hw b-ms¹ʾl-hw l-wfy-hmw
5 w-l ws³f-hmw ʾwldm ʾ—
6 ḏkrwm hnʾm w-l ws³f-h—
7 mw ʾṯmrm w-ʾfqlm w-w—
8 fy ʾbʿl byt-hmw w-l gy—
9 b-hmw bn ḥry w-ls¹n w-m—
10 ʿḍw w-hrm w-ʾḍr kl |
11 ʾns¹m ḏ-ys²ṣyn b-hm—
12 w b-ġyr ṣdqm
| 5-6 | ʾḏkrwm is the plural attested in the period B, in the period D we have ʾḏkrm. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾs¹ʿd Fwqmn, servant of the family 2 Mrṯdm dedicated to ʾlmqh ḏ- 3 Hrn the tablet, as He bade him 4 in His oracle for their well-being 5 and may He add to them healthy male 6 children and add to them 7 fruits and crops and the well-being 8 of the lords of their house, and may He 9 defend them from harm and calumny and 10 malice and misfortune and wars 11 from any man who molests them 12 wrongfully. |
| 1-2 | bn Mrṯdm could indicate the head of the family rather than being the defective writing of bnw Mrṯdm. |
| 8-9 | for gyb "to save, defend", see Beeston 1973: 444. |
| Beeston 1973 | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1973. Notes on Old South Arabian lexicography VIII. Le Muséon, 86: 443-453. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | London, The British Museum, BM 48468=1862,1028.16 |
| Support type | Artefact » Plaque » With framework |
| Material | Bronze |
| Dimensions | h. 22.7, w. 12.5, th. 0.3 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | ʿAmrān |
| Ancient site | ʿmrn |
| Geographical area | ʿAmrān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh ḏ-Hrn |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Beeston 1937 a: 22-23 | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1937. Sabaean inscriptions. Oxford. |
| Jändl 2009: 91-92, pl. XVII | Jändl, Barbara 2009. Altsüdarabische Inschriften auf Metall. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 4). Tübingen: Wasmuth / Berlin: Wasmuth. |
| Avanzini 2008 b | Avanzini, Alessandra 2008. Criteri editoriali per la pubblicazione dello CSAI. Egitto e Vicino Oriente, 31: 145-157. |