DASI ID: ID: 1006
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"Arbach and Audouin 2007: 83, cat. 52"
Text:
Translations:
1Nwḍm son of ʾbkrb, servant 2of S¹mhʿly, kbr of Ktlm, 3dedicated to ʾlmqh Nʿmn, 4when he founded the temple of ʾlmqh 5and the seat.
Translation Notes:
5For the occurrences and the meaning of ṯbt ("seat" and probably "throne"), see Robin 2012: 64-65.
Chronological
Period: A
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Stela → Stela with framework
Materials: Alabaster
Measures: h. 96, w. 54.5, th. 15
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:
Symbol Shape: Totschläger
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Symbol Reference: God
Symbol Reference Text: ʾlmqh
Symbol Shape: Blitzbündel and Doppelgriffel
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Symbol Reference: King
Figurative Subjects:
Symbol Shape: Crescent moon and disc
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Letter Measure: 4.5
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: Kharibat Saʿūd, Mārib, Yemen
Ancient Name: Ktlm
Type of Site: Settlement
Deposit:
settlement: Ṣanʿāʾ
institution: The National Museum
private Collection: false
identification Number: YM 18351
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