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FB-wādī Shuḍayf 3
Bron 1997 a: 79, fig. 4
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Northern Middle Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Raised | ||
| Execution technique | Casting | ||
| Measure of letters | 1.6 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Expiation text - fragmentary |
GENERAL NOTES
| The inscription might also be of period C. |
TEXT
1 Ms¹ʿdm bn S²[... ... ... ...]
2 ʿnyn(([M]ʿnyn)) tnḫy w-t[nḏrn l-ḏ-S¹mwy b]—
3 ʿl Yġrw b-ḏt [... ...]—
4 g ḥgt-hw [... ...]—
5 nhm l-ḥ[... ...]
6 w-ydbrn ḥg[t-hw w-ḏ-S¹mwy f-l y]—
7 ṯwbn ʿbd-hw Ms¹[ʿdm ... ... b]—
8 n kl ḏ-hnkr bn-h[w ... ... nʿ]—
9 mtm(([ms²]mtm)) w-ʿs¹btm [... ...]
| 1 | both Bron and Stein consider the possibility of integrating a final letter m: Mʿnyn "the Minaean". |
| 4 | the edition of the beginning of the line is based on the autoptic reading by J. Ryckmans (Bron 1997 a: 80). |
| 8-9 | Bron restores [... ... nʿ]mtm (cf. CIH 544, l.10 and Bāfaqīh 1994 d: 36, note 1); Stein [... ... ms²]mtm (cf. Gl 1537, l.6). ʿs¹btm is the Amīrite form for ʿs³btm. |
TRANSLATIONS
| French | |
1 Masʿūdum, fils de Sh[... le Mi]- 2 néen (?) s'est confessé et a fait pé[nitence à dhū-Samāwī, sei]- 3 gneur de Yaġruw, parce que [... 4 ... son pèlerinage [... 5 ... ... 6 et il accomplira son pè[lerinage, et dhū-Samāwī, puisse-t-il 7 récompenser son serviteur Mas[ʿūdum... con]- 8 tre quiconque écarterait de [lui (?)... la pros]- 9 périté et la récompense [... |
| Bron 1997 a: 80 | Bron, François 1997. Quatre inscriptions sabéennes provenant d'un temple de dhū-Samawī. Syria, 74: 73-80. |
| German | |
1 Masʿūdum, der Sohn des Š[...], 2 der Minäer (?), hat bekannt und Buße [getan vor ḏū-Samāwī, dem] 3 Herrn des (Tempels) Yaġruw, dafür, daß er [...] 4 seine Pilgerfahrt [...] 5 ... [...] 6 und er wird [seine] Pilgerfahrt durchführen. [Und ḏū-Samāwī möge] 7 seinem Diener Masʿūdum (Glück) wiederherstellen [und ihn erretten(?)] 8 vor jedem, der (etwas?) von ihm geschädigt hat [...] 9 Acker- und Weideland [...]. |
| Stein 2007: 33 | Stein, Peter 2007. Materialien zur sabäischen Dialektologie: Das Problem des amiritischen ("haramischen") Dialektes. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, 157: 13-47. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Unknown, Unknown (Private collection) |
| Support type | Artefact » Plaque » With framework |
| Material | Bronze |
| Dimensions | h. 24.5 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown (wādī Shuḍayf) |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | wādī Shuḍayf |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple Yġrw of ḏ-S¹mwy |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bron 1997 a: 79-80, fig. 4 | Bron, François 1997. Quatre inscriptions sabéennes provenant d'un temple de dhū-Samawī. Syria, 74: 73-80. |
| Bāfaqīh 1994 d | Bāfaqīh, Muḥammad ʿA. 1994. Ḏū Yaġruw wa-Amīr wa-Ḥanān fī ḍawʾ al-nuqūš. Pages 21-38 in Norbert Nebes. Arabia Felix. Beiträge zur Sprache und Kultur des vorislamischen Arabien. Festschrift Walter W. Müller zum 60. Geburtstag. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. |
| Stein 2007: 33 | Stein, Peter 2007. Materialien zur sabäischen Dialektologie: Das Problem des amiritischen ("haramischen") Dialektes. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, 157: 13-47. |