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Atlal CSAI I, 94
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Raised | ||
| Execution technique | Casting | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
GENERAL NOTES
| The date is uncertain; the text could be dated either in the period B1 or B2. The king quoted at l. 9 could be identified with the king Ydʿʾb Ygl attested in VL 1=CSAI I, 121. |
TEXT
1 [S²krm w-Mʿd]krb bnw ʾbydʿ bn ʾbgl s¹qnyw[ ... ...]
2 [... ...]frʿw w-ʿs²r l-Ḥwkm bn ʾḫyl-s¹m w-ʾ[... ...]
3 [... ...Ḥw]km ʾʾmrm w-ms¹ʾlm ḏ-s¹ʾlw w-qtdm bn[... ...]
4 [... ...]l ḏtm tkrb-s¹ w-bn-kn l-yzʾ Ḥwkm s¹ʿn[... ...]
5 [... ...] b-ḍrm w-s¹lmm w-b ḏtm b-yktrbwn-s¹ w-s¹[... ...]
6 [... ...]b Ḥwkm ʾnfs¹-s¹m w-ʾʾḏn-s¹m w-bn S²krm w-M[ʿdkrb ... ...]
7 [... ...]krb w-Nbṭʿm w-kl ʾwld-s¹m w-ʾqny-s¹m ḏ-s¹fl[... ...]
8 [... ...] w-b-ḏt Ṣntm w-b-ḏt Ẓhrn w-b-ḏt Rḥbn w-b-b[... ...]
9 [... ...]w-bn-hw Ydʿʾb Ygl mlkw Qtbn w-b s²ʿb-s¹[m ... ...]
10 [... ... b]n Brnṭm w-rṯdw S²krm w-Mʿdkrb w-Br[... ...]
11 [... ...]bn mhnkrm w-ms¹fʾym b[n brṯ-s¹ ... ...]
| L.4: [... ...k]l ḏtm (Bron). | |
| L.7: ]krb is probably the end of a proper name. | |
| L.10: Brnṭm could also be read b-Rnṭm |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 S²krm and Mʿdkrb, the two sons of ʾbydʿ, he of ʾbgl, dedicated [... ...] 2 [... ...] they paid as a tribute, they paid as a tithe to Ḥwkm from their resources and [... ...] 3 [... ... ]Ḥwkm orders and an oracle that they have requested and accomplished [... ...] 4 [... ...] as they have asked Him; may Ḥwkm henceforth continue to protect [... ...] 5 [.....]in war and in peace and in what they will ask to Him and [... ...] 6 [....]Ḥwkm their lives and their faculties and the son of S²krm and Mʿdkrb [... ...] 7 [... ... ]krb and Nbṭʿm and all their children and their properties those of the lowland [... ...] 8 [... ...] and by ḏt Ṣntm and ḏt Ẓhrn and ḏt Rḥbn and by [... ...] 9 [... ... ] and his son Ydʿʾb Ygl the two kings of Qatabān and by their tribe[... ...] 10 [... ... ] Brnṭm; they have committed, namely S²krm and Mʿdkrb and Br[... ...] 11 [... ... ]against everyone who may damage it or may remove it from its place. |
| 4 | [...] "everything which he (Ḥwkm) had allotted him (everything which had been allotted him) and may Ḥwkm in the future continue to help" [...] (Drewes 2003) |
| Drewes 2003 | Drewes, Abraham J. 2003. The meaning of Sabaean mkrb, facts and fiction. Semitica, 51: 93-125. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Plaque » With framework |
| Material | Bronze |
| Dimensions | h. 35, w. 51 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | ʿAsīr |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Country | Saudi Arabia |
| Link to site record |
| Modern site | Hajar al-ʿĀdī |
| Ancient site | Mrymtm |
| Geographical area | Wādī Ḥarīb |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Ḥwkm |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
The dedication was requested by the god Ḥwkm in his oracle, consulted by the dedicants to ensure good fortune.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Anonymous 1982: 140, pl. 124B | Anonymous 1982. News and events. Atlal, 6: 137-141. |
| Bron 1987 a: 129-132 | Bron, François 1987. Sur une nouvelle inscription qatabanite en bronze. Studi Epigrafici e Linguistici, 4: 129-132. |