DASI ID: ID: 2481
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"photograph by courtesy of Kunshistorisches Museum for Avanzini 2004"
Text:
Translations:
1ʾbrtʿ ḏ-Ḥḍln ʾls²r dedicated to his god and Lord Bs²mm Master of Ḫrf and Nʿlm in His sanctuary Nʿlm the two ibexes, 2in bronze, in respect of what he petitioned Him for before this day, and because his Lord Bs²mm intervened and saved him from the wounds he received in the city of Ṯbyr in the land of 3Yḥr, when there was the war between S²mr ḏu-Raydān and between ʾbʾns¹ descendant of Mʿhr and of Ḫwln and the king of Sabaʾ and the kings of Ḥaḍramawt; and for the future, may Bs²mm 4continue to protect and save his vassal ʾbrtʿ; he committed to Bs²mm his faculties and his material resources, his father Whbʾl and his brothers Bnʾl and ʾ- 5bʾns¹ and ʾbkrb and ʾlbḥr and their son Lḥyʿṯt and all their subjects and what they possess - a benevolent eye on them - and their two ibexes against whoever may damage 6and remove (the object) from its place; by Bs²mm, Blw, ʿṯtr S²rqn and all the gods of Ḥlzwm.
Translation Notes:
2"and because his lord Bs²mm foretold favourably in His oracle regarding the wounds wounded within the city of Ṯbyr" (Avanzini).
3-4“denn Bashamum (ist der Garant) der erfüllten Befriedung“ (Höfner); "Bs²mm continued protecting and saved his vassals" (Avanzini); quant à Basha[m]um, elle a rendu un
oracle pour assurer la sécurité et protéger son fidèle Abīrataʿ" (Robin and Arbach).
5"and what they possess - a benevolent eye on them -" (Avanzini).
Chronological
Period: C
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Base → Of statue with dedicatory inscription
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 14, w. 32, th. 24
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Qatabanic → Marginal Qatabanic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text
Writing Techniques: Incision
Concordances: Q 183, CSAI II, 14
Spatial
Site: Hajar Lajiya / Hajar Warrāṣ, Shabwa, Yemen
Ancient Name: Ḥlzwm
Type of Site: Settlement
Deposit:
settlement: Wien
institution: Kunsthistorisches Museum
private Collection: false
identification Number: Sem 1147
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