DASI ID: ID: 3980
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"Calvet and Robin 1997: 164-165, cat. 84"
Text:
Translations:
1[... ...]- 2[... ...]l and their sons S²ʿrm [... ...] 3of whom the protector is ʾbkrb [... ...] of whom the protector 4is Tbʿkrb, and Krbʾl of whom the protector is [... ...] ba- 5nū ḏ-Ṯʿn, ʾkbr of ʿdʾl and [... ...] dedicated to their 6god ʿṯtr ḏ-Ḏbn, Master of Bḥr-Ḥṭbm, this statue in 7bronze, in praise because He granted His servant [... ...] 8of their lord S²mr Yhrʿs², king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān [... ...].
Chronological
Period: D
Mentioned Date: (end of 3rd century AD)
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Base → Of statue with dedicatory inscription
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 19, w. 18.8, th. 5.5
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Subject Level 1: Animal
Subject Level 2: Bull
Part Of Animal Body: Head
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: Maʾrib, Maʾrib, Yemen
Ancient Name: Mryb / Mrb
Type of Site: Settlement
Deposit:
settlement: Paris
institution: Louvre Museum
private Collection: false
identification Number: AO 7367
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