DASI ID: ID: 3957
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"Calvet and Robin 1997: 150, cat. 73"
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Translations:
.. ...] 1[....] in praise 2because He granted, bestowed [... ...] to His 3servant Tbʿkrb protection, when 4Tbʿkrb did battle with the banū Ḥzfrm 5and He gave him satisfaction, when this (?) happened (?) 6at that ?, and in praise because 7ʾlmqh granted His servant Tbʿkrb 8all the favours he sought from Him [... ...] 9and to repair the tower which he repaired in the surroundings of their 10residence Mrḥbm, and in praise because He protected 11His servant Tbʿkrb from all the 12expeditions which he undertook to follow his lords the kings 13of Sabaʾ; and may ʾlmqh grant His two servants 14Tbʿkrb and ʾbkrb descendants of ʾs¹lm 15prosperity and good luck and the goodwill and satisfaction 16of their two lords Ḏmrʿly Yhbr king of 17Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān son of Ys¹rm Yhṣdq king 18of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān; by ʿṯtr, H- 19bs¹ and ʾlmqh, and by ḏt Ḥmym, 20by ḏt Bʿdnm, by ʿṯtr and by S¹ḥr.
Translation Notes:
5-6"Quand est survenue cette situation périlleuse (?) à cette occasion (?)" (Calvet and Robin 1997).
8-9"l'oracle qu'il avait sollicité de Lui pour détruire et remonter" (Calvet and Robin 1997).
Chronological
Period: D
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Slab
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 67, w. 25, th. 8.5
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Central Middle Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text
Writing Techniques: Incision
Concordances: RES 310
Spatial
Site: Maʾrib, Maʾrib, Yemen
Ancient Name: Mryb / Mrb
Type of Site: Settlement
Deposit:
settlement: Paris
institution: Louvre Museum
private Collection: false
identification Number: AO 4105
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