DASI ID: ID: 20
External image
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"By kind permission of British Museum"
Text:
Translations:
1Rdmym D[.]- 2rfn dedicated 3to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, the Lord of 4ʾwm this plaque of silver 5and this statue of bronze as a dedication 6that he promised to Him for his well-being and the well-being of his 7children. By ʾlmqh.
Chronological
Period: D
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Base → Of statue with dedicatory inscription
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 23, w. 15.2, th. 11.5
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Symbol Shape: Totschläger
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Symbol Reference: God
Symbol Reference Text: ʾlmqh
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: Unknown
Ancient Name: Unknown
Deposit:
settlement: London
institution: The British Museum
private Collection: false
identification Number: BM 1985,0223.123
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