DASI ID: ID: 35
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"Simpson 2002: 174, cat.223"
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"By kind permission of British Museum"
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Text:
Translations:
1Yhṣbḥ, son of S²trm, he of Hṣnʿm, dedicated to his mistress, the Mother of Goddesses, the lady of Ḥwdn Y- 2[...]m this offer and his son both in bronze in order that She might grant favour to them. 3ʾlwdm son of ʾmṣwr.
Translation Notes:
2tṣrytn can be clearly read; the substantive has not been documented elsewhere, and regarding its meaning the root ṢRY suggests an "object requested by the god in his oracle".
The objects demanded were probably a horse and its colt, both in bronze.
There is an intersting linguistic contact in the expression: l-ḏtm thws²ʿn-hmw; l-ḏtm is typically QAT, but the verb has the SAB -n suffix.
Chronological
Period: C
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Sculpture in the round → Animal figure
Materials: Bronze
Measures: h. 7, w. 7, th. 1.8, wt. 128g
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Subject Level 1: Animal
Subject Level 2: Colt
Animal Gestures:
Standing
Part Of Animal Body: Complete figure
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Southern Middle Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text
Writing Techniques: Incision
Spatial
Site: Unknown
Ancient Name: Unknown
Deposit:
settlement: London
institution: The British Museum
private Collection: false
identification Number: BM 132932=1961,1016.1
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