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Moussaieff 32
Bron 2014 c: 215, fig. 10
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 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 ʾḥrm Ḏʾ w-Ḏrʾkrb Nbṭ bnw Ḥḍrm w-Whbʾl ʾl bn ʾbzʿm
2 ḏtw ʾmntw S³ḥrm ʾhrbn s²ymw qnt ḏhbn ḏt-Rwyn l-ʿm Ry—
3 ʿn w-S³ḥrm ʾhrbn bn mbʿl-s¹m
| 1 | The epithets Ḏʾ and ʾl seem really strange. We can imagine for ʾl a mistake of the scribe who writes a second time the end of the previous proper name Whbʾl. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾḥrm Ḏʾ and Ḏrʾkrb Nbṭ, of the family Ḥḍrm, and Whbʾl ʾl, son of ʾbzʿm, 2 those of the servants of S³ḥrm, those of Hrbt, put the bronze bucket in Rwyn for 3 ʿm Ryʿn, and S³ḥrm, those of Hrbt, from their property. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Moussaieff 32 (Private collection) |
| Support type | Artefact » Container » Measuring bucket (qnt) |
| Material | Bronze |
| Dimensions | h. 30, d. 19-23 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ḥinū az-Zurayr |
| Ancient site | Hrbt |
| Geographical area | Wādī Ḥarīb |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bron 2014 c: 214-216, fig. 10 | Bron, François 2014. Vaisselle de la cour des rois de Ḥaḍramawt et autres objets inscrits dans la collection Shlomo Moussaieff. Semitica et Classica, 7: 205-216. |