DASI ID: ID: 145
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Text:
Translations:
1Ns²ʾkrb Yhʾmn, king of Sabaʾ, son of Ḏmrʿly Ḏrḥ, dedicated 2to their Solar deity Tnf, the Lady of Ġḍrn, twenty-four 3statues for their well-being and the well-being of the house S¹lḥn and its lords 4and their property; and may She grant the prosperity of their faculties and material resources, 5and may She humiliate and destroy and fight off and repel all their enemy and their ill-wishers 6By ʿṯtr and ʾlmqh and by their Solar deity Tnf, the Lady of Ġḍrn.
Translation Notes:
2Robin 2012 a: 16 translates ʾs²ms¹ "fortunes".
The sun goddess and protectress of the kings of Sabaʾ bore the epithet Tnf.
Chronological
Period: C
Mentioned Date: (80-100 AD)
Physical
Support: Object → Stone piece
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 33, w. 53, th. 12
Letter Measure: 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
Royal Inscription: Yes
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 125034=1863,0216.2
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