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CIH 76 RES 2691D
Jändl 2009: 226, pl. VII
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 | ||
| 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 S²mr Ykb bn Ws²km hqn—
2 y ʾlmqh ḏ-Hrn ḏn ms³—
3 ndn b-ḏt hwfy-hw b-m—
4 s¹ʾl-hw w-b-ḏt yzʾn h—
5 wfyn-hw b-ms¹ʾl ys¹tʾ—
6 ln b-ʿm-hw w-b-ḏt s¹ʿd-
7 hw mhrg ṣdqm bn s²ʿb—
8 n Nbs²m w-l ws³f-hw br—
9 y ʾḏn w-mqmm w-rḍy m—
10 rʾ-hw Yṯʿm bn Mrṯdm |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 S²mr Ykb, of the family Ws²km, dedicated 2 to ʾlmqh ḏ-Hrn this tablet, 3 because He granted him in 4 His oracle, and because He may continue to 5 grant him in the oracle which he asks 6 from Him; and because He conceded 7 him an excellent slaughter from the tribe 8 Nbs²m; and for increasing to him abundance 9 of faculty and might, and the goodwill of his 10 lord Yṯʿm ibn Mrṯdm. |
| 9 | rḍy "goodwill"; the parallel form rḍw is present in other texts from ʿAmrān (e.g. CIH 77, 9) and it is the only form attested outside the high plateau. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | London, The British Museum, BM 48464=1862,1028.12 |
| Support type | Artefact » Plaque » With framework |
| Material | Bronze |
| Dimensions | h. 27, w.16 |
| 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
| Beeston 1937 a: 14-15 | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1937. Sabaean inscriptions. Oxford. |
| Jändl 2009: 84-85, pl. VII | Jändl, Barbara 2009. Altsüdarabische Inschriften auf Metall. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 4). Tübingen: Wasmuth / Berlin: Wasmuth. |
| Multhoff and Stein 2008: 399 | Multhoff, Anne and Stein, Peter 2008. Tempeldiebstahl und andere Schlechtigkeiten. Zwei verkannte sabäische Inschriften. Orientalia, 77/1: 1-44. |
| Avanzini 2008 b | Avanzini, Alessandra 2008. Criteri editoriali per la pubblicazione dello CSAI. Egitto e Vicino Oriente, 31: 145-157. |