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Haram 32 Gl 1790; CIH 530
By kind permission of Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
By kind permission of Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
Robin 1992 a: pl.10/a
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Northern Middle Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
GENERAL NOTES
| The inscription is culturally Northern Sabaic, but it does not contain any linguistically distinguishing Northern Sabaic feature. |
TEXT
1 ʾlwhb ḏ-Ṣrfn hqny ḏ-S¹m—
2 wy ʾlh ʾmrm b-Byn ṣl—
3 mn ḏ-ḏhbn ḥg-n ḏt wqh-
4 <h>w b-ḏt mtʿ ḏ-S¹mwy ʿbd-h—
5 w ʾlwhb bn mrḍ mrḍ l-
6 wfy-hw w-wfy ʾḫy-hw w-w—
7 fy byt-hmw |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾlwhb of Ṣrfn dedicated to ḏ-S¹mwy, 2 god of ʾmrm at Byn, the statue 3 in bronze, according to what He ordered 4 him, because ḏ-S¹mwy saved His servant 5 ʾlwhb from the sickness he suffered from; 6 (and) for his safety and the safety of his brothers and 7 the safety of their house. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Wien, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Sem 9 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 17, w. 23 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Kharibat Hamdān |
| Ancient site | Hrm |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī Madhab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ḏ-S¹mwy bʿl Byn |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| CIH: II/3, 245-246, pl. 22 | 1889-1930. 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: 99-100, pl. 10/a | Robin, 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] |