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By kind permission of Fahmī al-Aġbarī

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRaised
Execution techniqueCasting
Measure of letters1.5
Chronology
PeriodD
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT

marker


   1  Dʿmm w-ʿbdm w-Rm <w>-
   2  bny-hmw Krb(ʿ)ṯt bny
   3  Ḫzʿl ʾs¹nwn ʾdm bny ʿṣ—
   4  ryn hqnyw s²ym-hmw ʾlmq—
   5  hw bʿl Ḥdṯnn ms³ndn l-wf—
   6  y-hmw w-wfy ḏ-qnyw w-ḏ-yqn—
   7  ynn w-l-s¹ʿd-hmw ḥẓy w-rḍ
   8  ʾmrʾ-hmw w-s²ʿb-hmw w-l-
   9  ḫryn-hmw bn bʾs¹tm w-nḍ—
  10  [ʿ w-]s²ṣy s²nʾm b-ʾlmqhw b—
  11  [ʿl Ḥdṯnn]

Apparatus
7rḍ instead of the usual rḍw/rḍy.
11The last line, now lost, was written on the edge of the plaque.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Dʿmm, ʿbdm and Rm and
   2  their son Krbʿṯt descendants of
   3  Ḫzʿl ʾs¹nwn vassals of the banū ʿṣ-
   4  ryn, dedicated to their Patron ʾlmqh
   5  Master of Ḥdṯnn this inscription, for their safety
   6  and the safety of what they possess and will ever possess;
   7  and may He grant them the goodwill and satisfaction of
   8  their lords and their tribe, and may He deliver them
   9  from the harm, maleficence
  10  and malice of any enemy, by ʾlmqh
  11  Master of Ḥdṯnn.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Plaque » With framework
MaterialBronze
Dimensionsh. 24, w. 17
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Unknown
Modern siteUnknown
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaUnknown
CountryUnknown
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of ʾlmqhw bʿl Ḥdṯnn
NotesPossibly from Nāʿiṭ, where there was the sanctuary of Taʾlab bʿl Ḥdṯnn.
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CULTURAL NOTES

The invocation to Almaqah master of Ḥdṯnn is interesting. This name was only known as the sanctuary of the god Taʾlab Rymm located in Nāʿiṭ (cf. e.g. CIAS 34.51/o 6, CIH 352, Moussaieff 13).

BIBLIOGRAPHY

al-Aġbarī 2009: 22, fig. 1al-Aġbarī, Fahmī 2009. Naqš sabaʾī ǧadīd min nuqūš al-ihdāʾāt. Abǧadiyyāt, 4: 21-27.