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Moussaieff 13


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

GENERAL NOTES

"D'après la paléographie, cette inscription semble quelque peu plus tardive que CIH 567 et pourrait donc dater des IIème-IIIème siècles de notre ère" (Bron).
The last line of text is incised.

TEXT

marker


   1  Rbs²ms¹m Yzʾn bn ʾngz h—
   2  qny Tʾlb Rymm bʿl Ḥd—
   3  ṯnn ḏ-hgrn Nʿṭm ms³nd—
   4  n b-ḏt s¹ʿd-hw s¹by b-ḫlf
   5  hgrn Yʿy w-b-ḏt ṣdq-h—
   6  w b-kl ʾmlʾ s¹tmlʾ b-
   7  ʿm-hw w-b-ḏt yzʾn ṣdq-
   8  hw ʾmlʾ ys¹tmlʾn
   9  b-ʿm-hw w-l s¹ʿd-hmw
  10  nʿmtm w-bry ʾʾḏ—
  11  nm w-mqymtm w-rḍ—
  12  y ʾmrʾ-hmw bny Hmdn
  13  w-l s¹ʿd-hmw wfym b-Tʾlb

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Rbs²ms¹ Yzʾn of the banū ʾngz
   2  dedicated to Tʾlb Rymm, Master of Ḥdṯnn
   3  of the city of Nʿṭm, the inscription
   4  because He granted him captives in the region of
   5  the city of Yʿy and because he satisfied him
   6  in all the favours he sought
   7  from Him and because He may continue to satisfy
   8  him in all the favours he will seek
   9  from him; and may He grant them
  10  favours and soundness of faculties
  11  and material resources and satisfaction
  12  of their lords, banū Hamdān,
  13  and may He grant them safety; by Tʾlb.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositUnknown, Moussaïeff collection (Private collection)
Support typeArtefact » Plaque » With framework
MaterialBronze
Dimensionsh. 31, w. 20, th. 0.5
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteNāʿiṭ
Ancient siteNʿṭm
Geographical areaRayda
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of Tʾlb Rymm bʿl Ḥdṯnn
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bron 2004: 124-126, figs 6-7Bron, François 2004. Nouvelles inscriptions sudarabiques sur bronze. Pages 118-126 in Alexander V. Sedov (ed.). Scripta Yemenica. Issledovanija po Južnoj Aravii. Sbornik naučnyh statej v čest' 60-letija M.B. Piotrovskogo. Moscow: Vostochna.