DASI ID: ID: 510
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Text:
Translations:
1Brʾt ʾṣdq, of the family Ḏrḥn ḏ-Ws²ḥt and his sons Mrṯdm [... ...] 2and ʾnby S²ymn, ʿm Ryʿn, Ḥwkm and the gods of ʿm and ʾnby [... ...] 3the construction of these mwqntn (?), as he asked Them, according to that which They ordered [ ... ...] in their 4oracle for the safety of Brʾt, his sons and everything they possess and will ever possess, and in order that [... ...] 5from upon them any harm; Brʾt committed to ʿm, ʾnby and their gods [... ...]
Translation Notes:
1the gender of the author indicates that the name Brʾt could be used by both men and women since the other attestation of Brʾt is the well-known female name of the statue in bronze, the so-called “Lady Barat”.
3the substantive mwqnt is attested in the SAB inscription Gl 1537 of the second half of the third Century AD from Baynūn itself. SD translated mwqnt in Gl. 1537 as “votive object, relief carving”. Shaffer translated in Gl 1537: "cistern".
5the inscription contains a number of “Sabaeisms” in its formulary and lexicon.
The invocation to the gods to deliver the dedicator from evil in lines 4 and 5 is typical of Sabaic (SAB) inscriptions, not of QAT ones. bʾs¹m is never elsewhere attested in QAT.
Chronological
Period: C
Physical
Support: Object → Stone piece
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 29, w. 59, th. 16
Letter Measure: 1
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Qatabanic → Central Qatabanic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text (conjectural)
Writing Techniques: Incision
Spatial
Site: Baynūn, Dhamār, Yemen
Ancient Name: Bynn
Type of Site: Settlement
Deposit:
settlement: Baynūn
institution: Museum
private Collection: false
identification Number: BynM 421
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