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Gr 117 Ḥadaqān 5
Grjaznevič 1998: fig. 113
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 | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 3.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 [ʾ]lwfd ʾws²ʿ [... ...]
2 Ġzwn bnw Gz[... hqny]—
3 w s²ym-hmw Tʾl(b) [Rym]—
4 m bʿl Ẓbyn (ḏ)[n ṣlmn]
5 ḥmdm b-ḏt ṣdq w-[hw]—
6 fyn ʿbd-hw ʾlwfd [b-k—
7 l] (ʾ)mlʾ w-tbs²r s¹[tml]—
8 (ʾ) b-ʿm-hw w-l-ḏt y[zʾn]
9 Tʾlb ṣdq w-hwfyn [ʿbd]-
10 (hw) ʾlwfd b-kl ʾml[ʾ y]—
11 s¹tmlʾnn b-ʿm-hw w-l [s¹ʿ]—
12 (d)-(hmw) rḍw-hw w-rḍ[w ʾ]—
13 mrʾ-hmw b(ny) (S¹ḫ)y[mm ... ...]
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾlwfd ʾws²ʿ [... ...] 2 Ġzwn of the family Gz[... dedicated] 3 to their Patron Tʾlb Rym- 4 m, Lord of Ẓbyn, this statue 5 in praise because he had gratified and had granted 6 His favour to His servant ʾlwfd in all the 7 oracles and good news he requested from Him. 8 And may Tʾlb continue 9 to gratify and grant His favour to His servant 10 ʾlwfd in all the oracles they will seek from Him; 11 and may He grant His goodwill to them 12 and the goodwill 13 of their lords, the family of S¹ḫ[ymm... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 57, w. 21, th. 25 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Bayt Dughaysh |
| Ancient site | Ḥdqn |
| Geographical area | Ṣanʿāʾ |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple Ẓbyn of Tʾlb. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bauer and Lundin 1998: 27-28, fig. 113 | Bauer, Gleb M. and Lundin (=Loundine), Avraam G. 1998. Pamjatniki Drevnej Istorii i Kultury. Južnaja Aravija. Part 2: Epigraficheskie pamjiatniki drevnego Jemena. 2. St.-Petersburg: Zentr "Peterburgskoe vostokovedenie". [Akademia nauk, Institut Vostokovedenija, Sankt-Peterburgskiy filial] |