DASI ID: ID: 223
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"By kind permission of British Museum"
Text:
Translations:
1[... ...] Brlm [... ...] dedicated 2to ʾlmqh, the Lord of ʾwm, the statue, which 3sought the favour from Him for the well-being of ʾbkrb, 4of the family Bhlm and because He protected him 5in what He promised to him, in the oracle 6which he asks of Him; and may He grant them 7prosperity and their well-being. By 8ʿṯtr and Hwbs¹ and ʾlmqh.
Chronological
Period: C
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Base → Of statue with dedicatory inscription
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 23.5, w. 20.3, th. 14.4
Letter Measure: 2
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Central Middle Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text
Writing Techniques: Incision
Concordances: Ry 1
Spatial
Site: Maḥram Bilqīs, Maʾrib, Yemen
Ancient Name: ʾwm
Type of Site: Religious area with a necropolis
Deposit:
settlement: London
institution: The British Museum
private Collection: false
identification Number: BM 104397 (=1911,0513.3)
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