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MṢM 7250


al-Ṣilwī and al-Aġbarī 2013: 52

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Northern Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRaised
Execution techniqueCasting
Chronology
PeriodC
Textual typologyExpiation text

GENERAL NOTES

Expiatory text.

TEXT

marker


   1  Ḥllm bn Dhyt Hbs²—
   2  nyn tnḫy w-tnḏrn
   3  l-mrʾ-hw ḏ-S¹mwy b—
   4  ʿl Ġrw b-ḏt bhʾ m—
   5  ḥrmn w-b ḥqwy-hw |
   6  ḏwlm ḏ-ʾl kyn ṭh—
   7  rm w-b-ḏt bhʾ mḥr—
   8  m w-ms¹ ʾṯtm mhwdq

Apparatus
1the editor reads Ḥlgm.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Ḥllm, son of Dhyt, Hbs²-
   2  nyn confessed and did penance
   3  to his Lord ḏ-S¹mwy Master of
   4  Ġrw, because he entered
   5  the temple and on his reins (he wore)
   6  a belt which was not clean,
   7  and because he entered the temple
   8  and he touched a lustful (?) woman.
8The root WDQ means "to ruin, to fall down". However, the editors propose to translate the word mhwdq as "ġalimat" ("lustful") referred to the woman, on the basis of a comparison found in the Lisān al-ʿArab, where the word refers to female animals desirous to couple.
al-Ṣilwī and al-Aġbarī 2013: 52al-Ṣilwī, Ibrāhim and al-Aġbarī, Fahmī 2013. Naqš ǧadīd min nuqūš al-iʿtirāf al-ʿalanī min maʿbad ĠRW. Dirāsa fī dalālāti-hi al-luġawiyya wa-l-dīniyya. Adūmātū, 25: 51-58.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositṢanʿāʾ, Military Museum, MṢM 7250
Support typeArtefact » Plaque » With framework
MaterialBronze
Dimensionsh. 22, w. 13.5
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown (wādī Shuḍayf)
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areawādī Shuḍayf
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple ḏ-S¹mwy bʿl Ġrw
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

al-Ṣilwī and al-Aġbarī 2013: 51, fig. 1al-Ṣilwī, Ibrāhim and al-Aġbarī, Fahmī 2013. Naqš ǧadīd min nuqūš al-iʿtirāf al-ʿalanī min maʿbad ĠRW. Dirāsa fī dalālāti-hi al-luġawiyya wa-l-dīniyya. Adūmātū, 25: 51-58.