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Höfner AF 3
Höfner 1994: 108, fig. 3
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic | ||||||||
| 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 |
TEXT
1 ʿbl w-ʾlkll w-kl ʾlwd-hmw b—
2 nw Wqhm hqnyw l-ʾly-hmw ʿṯt—
3 r ḏ-S³nḥ w-ʿṯtr ḏ-Rydn bʿly |
4 zḥt ʿrn Ṯmn b-ḏt s²ym w-ys²y—
5 mn wfy ʾḥrr-hmw w-ḥrt-hmw w-wf—
6 y kl ḏ-qnyw w-wfy bkl-hmw w-qn—
7 y-hmw w-ʾrḍ-hmw w-b-ḏt yḏmn |
8 w-s²kr kl ḏ-kwn l-hmw ḍrm
9 w-s²nʾm w-kwn ḏn s²ftn b-ḫ—
10 rfn ḏ-l-ʾḥd w-s¹ṯy w-mʾtm |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʿbl and ʾlkll and their children, banū 2 Wqhm dedicated to their two gods ʿṯtr 3 ḏ-S³mḥ and ʿṯtr ḏ-Rydn the two lords 4 of the irrigation of the citadel Ṯmn, because he assured 5 and will assure safety of their free men and women and the 6 safety of what they had and the safety of their settlers and their 7 goods and their lands and because he humiliated 8 and defeated all that were for them enemies 9 and opponents. This dedication was in the year 10 one hundred sixty-one. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | München, Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde, 91-315-336 |
| Support type | Artefact » Plaque » With framework |
| Material | Bronze |
| Dimensions | h. 20, w. 13.7, th. 0.2 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown (Dhamār) |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Dhamār |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʿṯtr ḏ-S³nḥ and ʿṯtr ḏ-Rydn |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Höfner 1994: 104-107, fig. 3 | Höfner, Maria 1994. Sabaeica Minora. Pages 102-108 in Norbert Nebes. Arabia Felix. Beiträge zur Sprache und Kultur des vorislamischen Arabien. Festschrift Walter W. Müller zum 60. Geburtstag. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. |
| Jändl 2009: 105-106 (photo p. 56) | Jändl, Barbara 2009. Altsüdarabische Inschriften auf Metall. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 4). Tübingen: Wasmuth / Berlin: Wasmuth. |
| Müller, Walter W. 2010: 21 | Müller, Walter W. 2010. Sabäische Inschriften nach Ären datiert. Bibliographie, Texte und Glossar. (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission, 53). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. |