DASI ID: ID: 362
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"By kind permission of GOAM"
Text:
Translations:
1Ns¹rm and her daughter Nḍ- 2rt, both of Ḥqbʾm ((Nqbʾm)), of the tribe ʾs¹l[.]- 3tn, servants of the family Wdnʿm, 4servants of [....]n dedicated to her 5god Ns¹rm, god of ʿ[.]nwm, these two statues 6which are both in bronze, which 7she had promised Him for the safety of the body 8of her daughter Nḍrt; and may Ns¹rm continue to grant her 9the life of the body of her 10husband and her children, and all she possess 11and [will possess?], and (may) Ns¹rm (continue) to grant her 12past and future prosperity, (and) for the (lit.: that) 13health of Ns¹rm and her 14daughter Nḍrt, by Ns¹rm god of ʿ[.]nwm.
Translation Notes:
In the text it is always used the masculine suffix pronoun, though it refers to a female dedicant.
8-9, 11We can also translate "and in order that Ns¹rm continue to grant ..." considering l-wzʾ ḫmr and w-s¹ʿd two final sentences, at the same level as l-wfy.
Chronological
Period: C
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Base → Of statue with dedicatory inscription
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 23.6, w. 14.6, th. 7
Letter Measure: 1.5
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Central Middle Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text
Writing Techniques: Incision
Spatial
Site: Unknown (wādī al-Jawf), Yemen
Ancient Name: Unknown
Deposit:
settlement: Ṣanʿāʾ
institution: University Museum
private Collection: false
identification Number: A-20-664
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