DASI ID: ID: 3969
Text:
Translations:
1ʾlrm ʾs²wʿ ibn Qwy[... ...] 2mqtwy of the king .[... ...] 3inhabitant of the city of Ṣrwḥ, dedicated to ʾlmqh, 4Master of S¹bʿm the bull and camel 5in bronze, as [... ...] 6[...]... ʾlrm ..[... ...] 7that he fell in ... ... [... ...] 8he hears, and punished him a man .. [... ...] 9this sickness and (that) was in his heart and [... ...] 10he was aware of, under the authority of their lords [... ...] 11and with the noblemen of their tribe Ṣiwḥ [ ... ...] 12... in the raid in the mountains, their [... ...] 13in the plain, and he showed humiliation and submission (?) 14to his Lord Master of S¹bʿm concerning this 15sickness and the injury, maleficence and malice of the enemy, 16and as for ʾlmqh, may he punish and take reprisals on all their 17enemy, and ʾlmqh will reward his servant 18ʾlrm for his proper actions, when he was robbed (?) during an expedition 19for the safety of his servant when he will carry out an expedition, and (He) will grant [... ...] 20to him, and ordered [... ...]
Translation Notes:
7-8"quo aegrotavit et dignotus est ob maciem in auri[bus eius qui] audiebat" (CIH).
Physical
Support: Object → Stone piece
Materials: Stone
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Central Middle Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text (conjectural)
Writing Techniques: Incision
Spatial
Site: Ṣirwāḥ-Khawlān, Maʾrib, Yemen
Ancient Name: Ṣrwḥ
Type of Site: Settlement
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