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YM 28491
Arbach and Audouin 2007: 23, cat. 13
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 | 1.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
GENERAL NOTES
| Arbach and Audouin date back the inscription to the II century AD. |
TEXT
1 [... ... ](Mʿdk)rb
2 w-(Rṯdṯwn) w-(Dd)krb-bnw ḏ-Twr
3 | w-M[.]rʿ(t)n ʾrs²w ʾrnydʿ (S²y)m-ʾ—
4 s²s²n-ʾdm ḏ-(Grfm) hqnyw mrʾ-hmw
5 ʾrn<y>d(ʿ)-(S²)ymn <w->ṯlṯt ʾṣlmm w-ṯny wʿ—
6 ln ḏ-ḏhbn ḥmdm b-ḏt hwfy-hmw
7 b-kl ʾmlʾ s¹tmlʾw b-ʿm-hw-w-l-y—
8 zʾn mrʾ-hmw S²ymn ḫmr-hmw wf—
9 y g(r)ybt-hmw w-bny-hmw w-kl-(ḏ)
10 b-bt-(hm)w w-l-s¹ʿd-hmw ʾṯmrm w-
11 ʾfqlm hnʾm w-ḥẓy ʾmrʾ-hmw w-
12 rḍw s²ʿb-hmw w-ṣḥ grybt-(h)—
13 mw w-l-hʿn-hmw bn-nḍʿ w-(s²)[ṣ]—
14 y s²nʾm w-mrʾ-hmw S²ymn w-rbʿ-
15 hmw w-s²ms¹-hmw S²ms¹-ʾrdʿ
| 2-3 | the reading of the line is difficult on the photograph; we followed the editors' reading. However, Arbach and Audouin read Mʾrʿtn while Bron reads Ms¹rʿtn (it could be a name of group or a name of person). Arbach and Audouin do not read ʾrs²w. |
| 4 | ḏ-Rṣfm (Arbach and Audouin). |
| 5 | wṯnn ʾṣlmm (Arbach and Audouin); w[...] (Bron). |
| 7-8 | w-l-wf...zʿn (Arbach and Audouin). |
| 9, 12 | grbt-hmw (Arbach and Audouin). |
| 11 | ʾmrʾ-h; |
| 12 | mw w-rḍw (Bron). |
| 13-14 | s²ẓy (Bron). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] Mʿdkrb 2 and Rṯdṯwn and Ddkrb, banū ḏ-Twr, 3 and Mʾrʿtn, priests of ʾrnydʿ the Patron of 4 the Nashshānites, servants of ḏ-Grfm, dedicated to their Lord 5 ʾrnydʿ the Patron three statues and two ibexes 6 of bronze in praise because He gratified them 7 with all the help they sought from Him; and may 8 their Lord the Patron continue to grant them the safety 9 of their persons and their sons and everything that is 10 in their house and may He bestow them prosperous harvests and 11 crops and the favour of their lords and 12 the satisfaction of their tribe and the health of their persons 13 and may He help them from the maleficence and malice 14 of any enemy - (or, [by]) their Lord the Patron and also their tutelary 15 deity and their s²ms¹, S²ms¹ ʾrdʿ. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 28491 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 38.5, w. 18, th. 17 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | as-Sawdāʾ |
| Ancient site | Ns²n |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī al-Buhayra |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾrnydʿ |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
ʾrnydʿ is attested here with the epithet of S²ym-ʾs²s²n, "Patron of the Nashshānites".
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Arbach and Audouin 2007: 23-24, cat. 13 | Arbach, Mounir and Audouin, Rémy 2007. Collection of Epigraphic and Archaeological Artifacts from al-Jawf Sites. Ṣanʿâʾ National Museum. 2. Ṣanʿāʾ: UNESCO-SFD / Ṣanʿāʾ: National Museum. [Text in English and Arabic] |
| Bron 2010 b: 41-42 | Bron, François 2010. Quelques nouvelles inscriptions du Jawf. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 21: 41-45. |