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Qurayḍa 1
Robin 2012: 366, fig.11
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Raised | ||
| Execution technique | Casting | ||
| Measure of letters | 1.4 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 [.]ʿm bn [...]—
2 r(m)(([...]r(b))) s¹qny ḏt-
3 Ḥ(m)m ʿṯtr B—
4 s³rm ʿd mḥ—
5 rm-s¹ Bʾrym((b-ʾrym)) |
6 ↯s¹qnyt ḏhb—
7 n b-ḏtm tkr—
8 b-s¹ rṯd ḏt-Ḥ—
9 [mm] nfs¹ w-qny-s¹
| 2 | the end of the patronymic seems r(m) or r(b), Robin: r[.]. |
| 9 | probably the scribe forgot the pronoun -s¹ after nfs¹. |
TRANSLATIONS
| French | |
1 . ʿm fils de ... 2 a dédié à ḏt 3 Ḥmm, la ʿithtar de B- 4 s³rm dans son 5 sanctuaire Bʾrym 6 l'offrande de bronze 7 avec ce qui lui était demandé 8 Il a confié à ḏt Ḥ- 9 mm <sa> personne et ses biens. |
| Robin 2012: 356 | Robin, Christian J. 2012. ʿṯtr au féminin en Arabie méridionale. Pages 333-366 in Alexander V. Sedov (ed.). New research in archaeology and epigraphy of South Arabia and its neighbors. Proceedings of the "Rencontres Sabéennes 15" held in Moscow, May 25th –27th, 2011. Moscow: The State Museum of Oriental Art. [Annexe 1: Un réexamen de CIAS (sic!) I, 206 (Ch. Robin); Annexe 2: Trois inscriptions inédites des Missions Qatabān et Haut-Yāfiʿ (Ch. Robin, M. Arbach, A. Bāṭāyaʿ, I. Gajda, Kh. al-Ḥajj, M. Sālim, J. Schiettecatte)] |
| English | |
1 [.]ʿm bn [...]- 2 rm dedicated to ḏt 3 Ḥmm, the lady of B- 4 s³rm in Her temple 5 Bʾrym ((in ʾrym)) 6 the bronze dedication, 7 in respect of what he petitioned 8 Her for; he entrusted to ḏt-Ḥ- 9 mm his life and his properties. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Plaque |
| Material | Bronze |
| Dimensions | h. 17, w. 10 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-Hadīm |
| Ancient site | Hdw |
| Geographical area | al-Ḥadd |
| Archaeological context | : Bʾrym |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Robin 2012: 355-356, 366 (fig. 11) | Robin, Christian J. 2012. ʿṯtr au féminin en Arabie méridionale. Pages 333-366 in Alexander V. Sedov (ed.). New research in archaeology and epigraphy of South Arabia and its neighbors. Proceedings of the "Rencontres Sabéennes 15" held in Moscow, May 25th –27th, 2011. Moscow: The State Museum of Oriental Art. [Annexe 1: Un réexamen de CIAS (sic!) I, 206 (Ch. Robin); Annexe 2: Trois inscriptions inédites des Missions Qatabān et Haut-Yāfiʿ (Ch. Robin, M. Arbach, A. Bāṭāyaʿ, I. Gajda, Kh. al-Ḥajj, M. Sālim, J. Schiettecatte)] |