CSAI
Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Jändl 2009: 243, pl. XXIV

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRaised
Execution techniqueCasting
Measure of letters1.8
Chronology
PeriodD
Textual typologyDedicatory text

GENERAL NOTES

For a general hypothesis of a date for the bronze tablets from ʿAmrān, cf. Avanzini 2008 b.

TEXT

marker


      [... ... w]—
   1  fy ʿbd-hw Ms¹ʿdm b-ʾmlʾ s¹tm—
   2  lʾ b-ʿm-hw b-Mʿlṣn w-l wzʾ ʾ—
   3  lmqhw hwfyn ʿbd-hw Ms¹ʿd—
   4  m b-kl ʾmlʾ ys¹tmlʾn b-ʿm-h—
   5  w w-l-ḏt nʿmt w-tnʿmn l-bny |
   6  Ḍbʾm b-ʾlmqh ḏ-Hrn |

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...]
   2  He granted to His subject Ms¹ʿdm favourable oracles which he
   3  asked Him in Mʿlṣn; and may ʾlmqhw continue
   4  to grant to His subject Ms¹ʿd-
   5  m in all favourable oracles which he asks Him;
   6  and for what has been favourable and may be favourable to the family
   7  Ḍbʾm. By ʾlmqh ḏ-Hrn.
3Mʿlṣn in CIH 79,5 and CIH 82,4.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositLondon, The British Museum, BM 48472=1862,1028.20
Support typeArtefact » Plaque » With framework
MaterialBronze
Dimensionsh. 14.7, w. 16, th. 0.3
Link to object record

ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteʿAmrān
Ancient siteʿmrn
Geographical areaʿAmrān
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of ʾlmqh ḏ-Hrn
Link to site record

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Jändl 2009: 96-97, pl. XXIVJändl, Barbara 2009. Altsüdarabische Inschriften auf Metall. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 4). Tübingen: Wasmuth / Berlin: Wasmuth.
Avanzini 2008 bAvanzini, Alessandra 2008. Criteri editoriali per la pubblicazione dello CSAI. Egitto e Vicino Oriente, 31: 145-157.