DASI ID: ID: 2748
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"By kind permission of M. Arbach"
Text:
Translations:
1Ḏmrhl ʾmrt, daughter of Yqhmlk, 2wife of S¹mhyfʿ, mother of Ydʿʾb and Mrt, 3dedicated (the basin) when she ... (?).
Translation Notes:
3The meaning of the verb ṯfy is unknown. Arbach suggests to confront the Ar. ṮFY "fixer le chaudron ou le marmite sur un socle; séparer le beurre du fromage". For s¹mn he thinks that it probably refers to the dedicated object and translates:"au jour où elle a fixé le bassin qui a été placé (?)". Hypothetically, it can be the dual personal pronoun referred to the two sons of Ḏmrhl. We could imagine that Ḏmrhl ʾmrt dedicated the object in the occasion of an important event related to them. It is unsure whether s²ym is the verb "to set up", or the epithet "patron", referred to the main god of Nashshān, ʾrnydʿ.
Chronological
Period: A
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Container → Basin
Materials: Stone
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Monogram Name: Ḏmrhl
Subject Level 1: Monogram
Symbol Shape: Letter B
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Minaic → Central Minaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text
Writing Techniques: Incision
Royal Inscription: Yes
Spatial
Site: as-Sawdāʾ, al-Jawf, Yemen
Ancient Name: Ns²n
Type of Site: Settlement
Deposit:
settlement: Ṣanʿāʾ
institution: The National Museum
private Collection: false
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