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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 - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [... ... s³ḥ]r ʿm Ryʿn rs²w Rbs² ḏ-Nhlb (s¹)s³ḥr (ʾḫ)-s¹[ww ... ...]
2 [... ... s¹qny ʿm ḏ-R]ymtm w-ḏt Rḥbn s¹qnyt ḏhbn b-ḏtm [... ...]
3 [... ....]rn bn mrḍm qbl b-ʿl-s¹ww w-b-ḏtm ṣdq[... ...]
4 [... ...](qdm) b-nʿm-s¹my b-ḥṭn bn Rwyn rṯd Nmr[m ... ...]
5 [... ...] w-bn-s¹ S¹rn w-ʾ(ḫ)-s¹ww Rʾ[...] w-S²krm w-bn[-s¹my ... ...]
6 [... ...] ʾwld-s¹m w-ʾqny-s¹m b-ʿm w-b ʾnby w-b [... ...]
7 [... ...] w-b Rbs² w-ʾhln w-b mrʾ-s¹ S²hr Hl[l ... ...]
8 [... ...] (s¹qn)[y](t)-s¹ bn ms¹fʾym bn b[rṯ-s¹ ... ...]
| 5 | According to the editors, the name of the first brother could be read Rʾ(bʿm). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] diviner of ʿm Ryʿn, priest of Rbs² ḏ-Nhlb, ordained diviners his brothers [... ...] 2 [... ...] dedicated to ʿm ḏ-R]ymtm and to ḏt Rḥbn a dedication in bronze because [... ...] 3 [... ...] from the disease that had fallen on him and because They grant [... ...] 4 [... ...] by Their favours in the oracle from (the temple of) Rwyn. Nmrm committed [... ...] 5 [... ...] and his son S¹rn, and his brothers Rʾ[...] and S²krm, and their sons [... ...] 6 [... ...] their children and their goods. By ʿm, ʾnby and by [... ...] 7 [... ...] and by Rbs² and ʾhln, and by his lord S²hr Hll [... ...] 8 [... ...] his dedication against whomever could move it from its place [... ...]. |
| 4 | b-ḥṭn could be compared with the Ḥaḍramitic b-ms¹ʾl ḥṭhm "in the oracle of appeasement" (Arbach, Prioletta 2015: 260). |
| Prioletta and Arbach 2015 b | Prioletta, Alessia and Arbach, Mounir 2015. Nouveaux documents qatabānites. Semitica et Classica. Revue Internationale d'Études Orientales et Méditerranéennes, 8: 255-261. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Unknown (Private collection) |
| Support type | Artefact » Plaque » With framework |
| Material | Bronze |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ḥinū az-Zurayr |
| Ancient site | Hrbt |
| Geographical area | Wādī Ḥarīb |
| Country | Yemen |
| Notes | The origin of this plaque could be from Ḥinū az-Zurayr; the gods ʿm ḏ-Rymtm, ḏt Rḥbn and the temple Rwyn are attested in this city. |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
The attestation of the divine couple Rbs² and ʾhln is dated into the periods B2 and C of the Qatabanic history. It could be possible, therefore, that they were introduced in the pantheon after the integration of the new aristocratic families in the cities of the wādī Bayḥān and the wādī Ḥarīb.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Prioletta and Arbach 2015 b: 259-261, fig. 3 | Prioletta, Alessia and Arbach, Mounir 2015. Nouveaux documents qatabānites. Semitica et Classica. Revue Internationale d'Études Orientales et Méditerranéennes, 8: 255-261. |