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  • Editor(s)
    Irene Rossi
    CSAI Team
  • First published
    2013-10-01
  • Last revised
    2019-02-08
  • DOI
    10.82194/dasi-epi-4010
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Haram 31 Gl 1053; CIH 529


By kind permission of Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
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By kind permission of Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
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Robin 1992 a: pl.9/c

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Northern Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRaised
Execution techniqueCasting
Chronology
PeriodC
Textual typologyDedicatory text

GENERAL NOTES

The inscription is culturally Amirite, but it does not contain any linguistically distinguishing Northern Sabaic feature.

TEXT

marker


   1  Ḏḫrm bn Yʿ—
   2  mr hqny ḏ-S¹m—
   3  wy bʿl Byn
   4  ṭfn ḥg-n wq—
   5  h-hw b-ms¹ʾl-
   6  hw l-wfy-hw
   7  w-wfy ʾ(b)-hw

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Ḏḫrm son of Yʿ-
   2  mr, dedicated to ḏ-S¹mwy,
   3  Master of Byn,
   4  this tablet, as
   5  He ordered him in His
   6  oracle, for his safety
   7  and the safety of his father.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositWien, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Sem 8
Support typeArtefact » Plaque » With framework (ṭf)
MaterialBronze
Dimensionsh. 13.5, w. 8.5, th. 0.5
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteKharibat Hamdān
Ancient siteHrm
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī Madhab
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of ḏ-S¹mwy bʿl Byn
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

CIH: II/3, 244-245, pl. 211889-1930. Inscriptiones Himyariticas et Sabaeas Continens. CIS, Corpus inscriptionum semiticarum ab Academia Inscriptionum et Litterarum Humaniorum conditum atque digestum. (3 vols), Paris: Imprimerie nationale. [Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres.]
Robin 1992 a: 98, pl. 9/cRobin, Christian J. 1992. Inabbaʾ, Haram, al-Kāfir, Kamna et al-Ḥarāshif. Fasc. A: Les documents. Fasc. B: Les planches. Inventaire des inscriptions sudarabiques. 1. Paris: de Boccard / Rome: Herder. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres; Istituto italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente]
Jändl 2009: 100Jändl, Barbara 2009. Altsüdarabische Inschriften auf Metall. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 4). Tübingen: Wasmuth / Berlin: Wasmuth.