DASI ID: ID: 2099
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Translations:
1ʾqhlm son of Ys²krʾl the stonemason 2dedicated to S¹yn ḏ-Myfʿn the inscription that he had promised Him 3for his children, in order for them to recover from mrwḥ (?) 4and from the hyf (?) of (i.e.: happened in) the (eponymate) year of ʾlrʾb, and he offered it with a second 5sacrifice, and the will of S¹yn is generous, because He 6helped ʾqhlm; and ʾqhlm placed under the will of 7S¹yn ḏ-Myfʿn his life and his faculties and 8[.. ...]
Translation Notes:
3-6, 8"In order that they may be delivered from meteorism [or chest disease?] and misfortune thanks to (?) Ilraʾab, and he offered it as another sacrifice"; "[his possessions and his two sons which] may be honoured" (Frantsouzoff).
Chronological
Period: B2
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Stela → Stela with framework
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 83, w. 40
Decorations:
Type Level 1: Framework
Type Level 2: With abstract-figurative elements
Figurative Subjects:
Symbol Shape: Crescent moon and disc
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Ḥaḍramitic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text
Writing Techniques: Incision
Concordances: SOYCE 2377
Spatial
Site: Raybūn, Ḥaḍramawt, Yemen
Ancient Name: Rybn [oasis]
Type of Site: Settlement
Deposit:
settlement: Sayʾūn
institution: Museum
private Collection: false
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