DASI ID: ID: 1000
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"Arbach and Audouin 2007: 75, cat. 46"
Text:
Translations:
1Ṣdqʾmr son of Ḏrʾm of the banū 2Mḥwrm dedicated to ʾlmqh Lḥy, by 3ʿṯtr and by ʾlmqh and by ḏt 4Ḥmym and by ḏt Bʿdn and by S¹mʿ and 5by Ydʿʾl.
Chronological
Period: A
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Stela → Stela with framework
Materials: Alabaster
Measures: h. 117.5, w. 74, th. 9.5
Decorations:
Type Level 1: Framework
Figurative Subjects:
Subject Level 1: Geometric motif
Subject Level 2: Horizontal grooves
Subject Level 1: Geometric motif
Subject Level 2: Dentils
Type Level 1: Framework
Type Level 2: With abstract-figurative elements
Figurative Subjects:
View: Frontal
Subject Level 1: Animal
Subject Level 2: Bull
Part Of Animal Body: Head
View: In profile
Subject Level 1: Animal
Subject Level 2: Ibex
Animal Gestures:
Recumbent
Part Of Animal Body: Complete figure
Letter Measure: 7
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Early Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Script Cursus: Boustrophedon
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text
Writing Techniques: Incision
Spatial
Site: Jidfir ibn Munaykhir, Maʾrib, Yemen
Ancient Name: Khlm
Type of Site: Settlement
Deposit:
settlement: Ṣanʿāʾ
institution: The National Museum
private Collection: false
identification Number: YM 18345
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