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CIH 75
Jändl 2009: 225, pl. VI
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Raised | ||
| Execution technique | Casting | ||
| Measure of letters | 1.7 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
GENERAL NOTES
| For a general hypothesis of a date for the bronze tablets from ʿAmrān, cf. Avanzini 2008 b. |
TEXT
1 Hynmt w-ʾḫy-hw w-bny-h—
2 mw bnw ʾrfṭ hqnyw
3 ʾlmqh ḏ-Hrn ḏn ms³n—
4 dn ḥg-n wqh-hmw b-ms¹—
5 ʾl-hw l-wfy-hmw w-l s¹—
6 ʿd-hmw ʾṯmrm hnʾm
7 ʿdy ʾrḍ-hmw w-ms²ym—
8 t-hmw w-l-ḏt nʿmt w-
9 tnʿmn l-bny ʾrfṭ |
10 w-l s¹ʿd-hmw rḍw ʾm—
11 rʾ-hmw bny Mrṯdm
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Hynmt and his brothers and their sons, 2 of the family ʾrfṭ, dedicated 3 to ʾlmqh ḏ-Hrn this tablet, 4 as He commanded them in His 5 oracle for their well-being; and may He grant 6 them healthy fruits 7 in their land and in their fields; 8 and for what has been favourable and 9 and may be favourable to the family of ʾrfṭ; 10 and may He grant them the goodwill of their 11 lords, the family of Mrṯdm. |
| 7 | Beeston 1979 b: 96, suggests that ʾrḍ is a plural comparable with the Arabic ʾarāḍī. Perhaps the noun is used in a collective sense, so that a plural would be unnecessary. |
| Beeston 1979 b | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1979. Studies in Sabaic Lexicography I. Raydān, 2: 89-100. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | London, The British Museum, BM 48463=1862,1028.11 |
| Support type | Artefact » Plaque » With framework |
| Material | Bronze |
| Dimensions | h. 28, w. 17.5 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | ʿAmrān |
| Ancient site | ʿmrn |
| Geographical area | ʿAmrān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh ḏ-Hrn |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jändl 2009: 83-84, pl. VI | Jändl, Barbara 2009. Altsüdarabische Inschriften auf Metall. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 4). Tübingen: Wasmuth / Berlin: Wasmuth. |
| Avanzini 2008 b | Avanzini, Alessandra 2008. Criteri editoriali per la pubblicazione dello CSAI. Egitto e Vicino Oriente, 31: 145-157. |