DASI ID: ID: 102
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"Jändl 2009: 236, pl. XVII"
Text:
Translations:
1ʾs¹ʿd Fwqmn, servant of the family 2Mrṯdm dedicated to ʾlmqh ḏ- 3Hrn the tablet, as He bade him 4in His oracle for their well-being 5and may He add to them healthy male 6children and add to them 7fruits and crops and the well-being 8of the lords of their house, and may He 9defend them from harm and calumny and 10malice and misfortune and wars 11from any man who molests them 12wrongfully.
Translation Notes:
1-2bn Mrṯdm could indicate the head of the family rather than being the defective writing of bnw Mrṯdm.
8-9for gyb "to save, defend", see Beeston 1973: 444.
Chronological
Period: B
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Plaque → With framework
Materials: Bronze
Measures: h. 22.7, w. 12.5, th. 0.3
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Symbol Shape: Totschläger
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Symbol Reference: God
Symbol Reference Text: ʾlmqh
Letter Measure: 1.6
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Central Middle Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text
Writing Techniques: Cast
Concordances: RES 660
Spatial
Site: ʿAmrān, ʿAmrān, Yemen
Ancient Name: ʿmrn
Type of Site: Modern site with reemployed inscriptions or artefacts
Deposit:
settlement: London
institution: The British Museum
private Collection: false
identification Number: BM 48468=1862,1028.16
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