DASI ID: ID: 218
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Text:
Translations:
1Hwfʿs³t son of S³mrm dedicated to S¹yn ḏ-ʾlm his life, his faculties, his children, his possessions and the altar that belongs to them, when [... ...] what he acquired 2and possessed [...] the sons of ʾʿrs³ [...]ly of ʾmʿdm, in the cultivated land of ḏ-Tḥrbhn at Ṯlm, when S¹yn ḏ-ʾlm gave His oracular decision [... ...] the (?).
Translation Notes:
2"am Tag da er ausg[oß] dem S¹yn von [ʾlm] {eine Libation} [au]s dieser Ausgußöffnung (Rhodokanakis); "dans la région très herbue de Ḥarabhân, à Ṯâlim, au jour où il façonna [ceci] pour Sîn, Celui de ʾIlum, [c]e cette pierre taillée (Jamme).
Chronological
Period: B2
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Offering table → With bull head as gutter
Measures: h. 9.4, w. 61, th. 30
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Subject Level 1: Animal
Subject Level 2: Bull
Part Of Animal Body: Head
Letter Measure: 4
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Ḥaḍramitic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text
Writing Techniques: Incision
Concordances: Ry 4
Spatial
Site: ʿUqrān, Ḥaḍramawt, Yemen
Ancient Name: ʿqrn
Type of Site: Religious area
Deposit:
settlement: London
institution: The British Museum
private Collection: false
identification Number: BM 117929=1926,0405.1
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