DASI ID: ID: 3973
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"By kind permission of Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien"
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Text:
Translations:
1ʿbdmrʾhw, servant of ḏ-Mrn, 2dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn 3and Ṯwr Bʿlm, Master of Ḥrwnm, 4this statue that he promised Him for the safety 5of his son S¹ʿdʾwm; and may ʾlmqh continue 6to protect His servant ʿbdmrʾhw 7in all the favours he will ask 8Him for, and may He grant him favours and 9good luck, and may He save them from 10any harm; by ʿṯtr and ʾlmqh.
Chronological
Period: D
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Base → Of statue with dedicatory inscription
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 28, w. 19
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Symbol Shape: Totschläger
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Symbol Reference: God
Symbol Reference Text: ʾlmqh
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: Maʾrib, Maʾrib, Yemen
Ancient Name: Mryb / Mrb
Type of Site: Settlement
Deposit:
settlement: Wien
institution: Kunsthistorisches Museum
private Collection: false
identification Number: Sem 5
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