DASI ID: ID: 121
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"By kind permission of British Museum"
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Text:
Translations:
1ʾḫtʾmhw and 2S²fnrm, the two owners 3of Ḫmtn in the district of the city 4Mryb set up the stela 5to ʾlmqh, the Master of 6ʾwm, as He bade them in His 7oracle for their well-being.
Chronological
Period: D
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Slab
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 40.3, w. 20, th. 10
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Symbol Shape: Totschläger
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Symbol Reference: God
Symbol Reference Text: ʾlmqh
Letter Measure: 4.5
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Central Middle Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text
Writing Techniques: Incision
Spatial
Site: Maʾrib, Maʾrib, Yemen
Ancient Name: Mryb / Mrb
Type of Site: Settlement
Deposit:
settlement: London
institution: The British Museum
private Collection: false
identification Number: BM 125983=1863,0216.5
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