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RES 4057
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 | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 1.6 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 Ḏnmm ḏt (S¹)—
2 fqyn hqnyt
3 Bʿl(t Ḥdṯ) | →
4 ḏt-Ẓrbm |
5 l-wfy-hmw w-w(f)[y]
6 | (bt)-(hm)w | →
7 (ʾ)nʿm w-bny-
8 [hm]w ʾlwhb |
9 [w-ʾ](b)krb w-wfy
10 [...]w(y)[... ...]((w(ṯ)[... ...])) ←
11 bnw S¹fqyn |
12 w-Krb ḏ-Hkl
| 10 | Mordtmann and Mittwoch read: wy[n-h]m |, which was incorrectly transcribed by RES: wy[n-h]mw. The line is shorter and centred over the object's base. The reading is highly uncertain. |
| 11-12 | the lines are engraved on the upper part of the frankincense burner. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Ḏnmm, she of S¹- 2 fqyn dedicated to 3 the Lady of Ḥdṯ , 4 She of Ẓrbm 5 for their well-being and the well-being 6 of their daughter 7 ʾnʿm and their sons 8 ʾlwhb 9 and ʾbkrb and the well-being of 10 [... ...] 11 The family S¹fqyn 12 and Krb of the family Hkl. |
| 4 | Ẓrbm is the name of a city that appears in a long title of the god Tʾlb, see Robin 1982 a I: 52. |
| Robin 1982 a | Robin, Christian J. 1982. Les hautes-terres du Nord-Yémen avant l'Islam. (2 vols), (Uitgaven van het Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut te Istanbul, 50). Istanbul: Nederlands Historisch-Archaelogisch Instituut te Istanbul. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | London, The British Museum, BM 134892=1966,1216.1 |
| Support type | Artefact » Incense burner |
| Shape | With truncated pyramidal base |
| Dimensions | h. 17, w. 13, th. 13.3 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Link to site record |