DASI ID: ID: 11205
Text:
Translations:
1Maʿdīkarib and his brother Abkarib, and 2Waladkarib and their sons Masʿūdum of the clan 3Ḏū-Ṯawrum Ashshanites (from Naššān) subjects of Ḏū-Girāfum 4dedicated a bronze statue to Almaqah Ṯahwān, Lord of Awām as 5their Lord Almaqah ordered them through 6His oracle, so that the Almaqah Ṯahwān Lord of Awām 7may grant to them male children from their wife 8Abzaʾad, of the Ḏū-Ṯawrum clan. May Almaqah continue to 9bestow upon them healthy male offspring. 10And may Almaqah deliver them from 11evil and harm by any enemy. By Almaqah Lord of Awām.
Chronological
Period: D
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Base → Of statue with dedicatory inscription
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 11.5, w. 17, th. 19.5
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Symbol Shape: Totschläger
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Symbol Reference: God
Symbol Reference Text: ʾlmqh
Letter Measure: 1.3 (min.); 1.5 (max.)
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Central Middle Sabaic
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text
Spatial
Site: Maḥram Bilqīs, Maʾrib, Yemen
Ancient Name: ʾwm
Type of Site: Religious area with a necropolis
Deposit:
settlement: Mārib
institution: Museum
private Collection: false
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