DASI ID: ID: 2393
Müller, Walter W. 1976 a: pl. IV/5-6 Image free from copyright
Text:
Translations:
.. ...] 1in bronze. They built all (the construction) in undressed stones and in smooth stones of their house Ykrb in one year; and in that year they undertook (the construction) 2by completing (the work). Moreover, they provided their house Yrs¹ with two lions in bronze and all the bronze (objects) with which they provided their two houses belong 3exclusively to them. They built their house with the assistance and the help of Rḥmnn, most merciful, and with the assistance and the aid of their lord Mrṯdʾln Ynf 4king of Sabaʾ, ḏu-Raydān, Ḥaḍramawt, Yamanat, their Arabs of Ṭwdm and of Thmt, and with the assistance and the aid of their lords, their protectors, 5Lḥyʿt Ynf ḏ-Hṣbḥ and S²rḥbʾl ʾs¹ʿd ḏ-Mʿfrm and with the assistance of their brother Wfym Yrḫm ḏ-ʿṯkln and with the 6assistance, the protection and their brothers and the tribal confederation of Sabaʾ Khln. In the month of ḏ-Mḏrʾn of the year six hundred fourteen. May Rḥmnn give prosperity to Ykrb and to Yrs¹.
Translation Notes:
2"they provided it with plant ornamentation" (Müller).
Chronological
Period: E
Mentioned Date: 614 Ḥimyar
Physical
Support: Monumental support → Architectural structure
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 36, w. 195
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Late Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Construction text
Writing Techniques: Relief
Spatial
Site: Maʾrib, Maʾrib, Yemen
Ancient Name: Mryb / Mrb
Type of Site: Settlement
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