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Hamilton 9


Pirenne 1990: pl. LXII/a

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodD
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT

marker


   1  S¹ʿdk[rb w-ʾṯt-hw]
   2  Yfnt ʾ(ʾ)ḏ(n)[n hqn]—
   3  yw-ʾlmqh-Ṯhwn-bʿl-ʾ—
   4  wm ṣlmn ḏ-ḏhbn ḥm—
   5  dm k-yḫmrn-hmw rʾy l-
   6  hmw ṣdqn bn ftḥ k—
   7  wn byn-hw w-byn-ʾmrʾ-
   8  hw w-l-ḏt s²ftt ʾṯtn
   9  Yfnt l-ḫtmrn-hw wldm
  10  [ḥ]g k-rtʿ-hw b-[m]s¹ʾl-hw

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  S¹ʿdkrb [and his wife]
   2  Yfnt, those of ʾḏn, dedicated
   3  to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of
   4  ʾwm, the statue in bronze in praise
   5  because might He grant them an oracular vision
   6  (which was) propitious (saving him) from the lawsuit which
   7  occurred between him and his lords.
   8  And also because the wife
   9  Yfnt was promised that a child is granted her,
  10  as He protected him (or, her) in His oracle.
8-9The translation follows Nebes 1987: 90.
Nebes 1987: 90Nebes, Norbert 1987. Zur Konstruktion von Subjekt und Objekt abhängiger Infinitive in Sabäischen. Pages 75-98 in Christian J. Robin and Muḥammad ʿA. Bāfaqīh (eds). Ṣayhadica. Recherches sur les inscriptions de l'Arabie préislamique offertes par ses collègues au professeur A.F. L. Beeston. (Arabie préislamique, 1). Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositOxford, The Ashmolean Museum, 1952-525
Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 18, w. 13
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin. Conjectural
Modern siteMaḥram Bilqīs
Ancient siteʾwm
Geographical areaMaʾrib
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of ʾlmqh Ṯhwn bʿl ʾwm
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Provenance
Modern siteShabwa
Ancient siteS²bwt
Geographical areaShabwa
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Brown and Beeston 1954: 56-60, pl. XXI, fig. 2Brown, W.L. and Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1954. Sculptures and Inscriptions from Shabwa. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society: 43-62.
Jamme 1956 b: 151-152Jamme, Albert W.F. 1956. Remarks on the South-Arabian Inscriptions Hamilton 3-13. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1956: 146-156.
Müller, Walter W. and Wissmann 1976: 130Müller, Walter W. and Wissmann, Hermann von 1976. Über die von einem Lavastrom bedrohten Tempel der Stadt Damhān, des heutigen al-Ḥuqqa, im antiken Gau Maʾḏin (Jemen). Anzeiger der phil.-hist. Klasse der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 113: 112-146.
Nebes 1987: 90Nebes, Norbert 1987. Zur Konstruktion von Subjekt und Objekt abhängiger Infinitive in Sabäischen. Pages 75-98 in Christian J. Robin and Muḥammad ʿA. Bāfaqīh (eds). Ṣayhadica. Recherches sur les inscriptions de l'Arabie préislamique offertes par ses collègues au professeur A.F. L. Beeston. (Arabie préislamique, 1). Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner.
Pirenne 1990: 80, pl. LXII/aPirenne, Jacqueline 1990. Les témoins écrit de la région de Shabwa et l'histoire. Jean-François Breton (ed.), Fouilles de Shabwa. 1. (Bibliothèque archéologique et historique, 134). Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner. [Institut français d'Archéologie du Proche-Orient]
Bron 1991 a: 462Bron, François 1991. Notes sur les inscriptions de Shabwa. Syria, 68: 459-462.
Robin 1992 b: 211Robin, Christian J. 1992. Review of Pirenne, Jacqueline 1990. Les témoins écrit de la région de Shabwa et l'histoire. Jean-François Breton (ed.), Fouilles de Shabwa. 1. (Bibliothèque archéologique et historique, 134). Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner. [Institut français d'Archéologie du Proche-Orient]. Bulletin critique des Annales Islamologiques, 9: 205-213.