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CIH 80 RES 2691E
Jändl 2009: 230, pl. XI
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 | 1.6 | ||
| 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; a breakage caused the loss of the ninth line of the inscription. |
TEXT
1 S²mr bn Qrynm hqny ʾlmqh ḏ-H—
2 rn ms³ndn ḥg-n wqh-hw ʾlmqh |
3 bʿl ʾwm b-ms¹ʾl-hw b-kn ts¹ʾl |
4 b-ʿm-hw S²mr b-ʿd ḥdṯt b-
5 byt bn Qrynm w-b-ḏt mtʿ ʿbd-h—
6 w S²mr bn hyt ḥdṯtn w-ʾlmqh
7 f-s²ft S²mr b-ms¹ʾl-hw ṣrytm l-
8 ʾḥrr-hmw w-ʾḥrrt-hmw w-(ʾdym)
9 [... ...]
10 ʿdy ʾwm ḏ-ʿrn ḏ-ʾlw ṯwrm[ ...]—
11 klm b-kn yfqln ʾrbʿy ʾqd(r)m
12 w-bn-h l-lʿl w-kwn ḏn ms¹ʾln
13 w-ṣrytn b-ḫrf Wddʾl b—
14 n Yqhmlk kbr Ḫll
| 8 | w-ʾdyb[t] "slaves" (CIH). |
| 10-11 | [mw]klm "consacrated" (CIH). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 S²mr, of the family Qrynm, dedicated to ʾlmqh ḏ-H- 2 rn the tablet, as ʾlmqh Lord of ʾwm commanded him 3 in His oracle, when S²mr sought a response 4 from Him after the (negative) event which befell in 5 the house of the family Qrynm; and because He saved his servant 6 S²rm from this event. And ʾlmqh 7 promised to S²mr in His oracle a favourable declaration for 8 their freemen and their freewomen and slaves 9 [... ...] 10 in ʿwm of the citadel ʾlw a bull, as a votive offering, 11 when he reaps forty-fold crops, 12 and more than that. And this oracle and 13 favourable declaration took place in the year of Wddʾl son of 14 Yqhmlk kbr of Ḫll. |
| 4 | the verb ḥdṯ "to occur" is attested in Ja 643, 9. |
| 11 | for ʾqdr Beeston 1976 a: 409 notes: "to me it now appears certain that ʾqdr does not refer to a specific unit of measurement; the phrase means 'reap forty-fold crops', i.e., a crop yield that is forty times the ammount of seed sown". |
| Beeston 1976 a | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1976. Notes on Old South Arabian lexicography X. Le Muséon, 89: 407-423. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | London, The British Museum, BM 48469=1862,1028.17 |
| Support type | Artefact » Plaque » With framework |
| Material | Bronze |
| Dimensions | h. 33.5, w. 18.7, th. 0.4 |
| 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 |
CULTURAL NOTES
We have two oracles and two dedications (a tablet and a bull) in two different temples of Almaqah.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Beeston 1937 a: 17-19 | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1937. Sabaean inscriptions. Oxford. |
| Jändl 2009: 87-88, pl. XI | 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. |