DASI ID: ID: 1394
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"Calvet and Robin 1997: 173, cat. 90"
Text:
Translations:
1ʾlnʾd Mṣdʾn dedica- 2ted to his lord Yṣdqʾl F- 3rʿm S²rḥʿt king of Awsan 4son of Wdm ḏ-S¹bln in 5His temple Nʿmn.
Chronological
Period: C
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Stela → Stela with figure in relief
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 25
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
View: In profile
Subject Level 1: Animal
Subject Level 2: Sphinx
Animal Gestures:
With forepaw raised
Part Of Animal Body: Complete figure
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Qatabanic → Awsanite
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text
Writing Techniques: Incision
Concordances: RES 454, Q 4, CSAI III, 9
Spatial
Site: Unknown (wādī Markha), Shabwa, Yemen
Ancient Name: Unknown
Deposit:
settlement: Paris
institution: Louvre Museum
private Collection: false
identification Number: AO 4098
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