DASI ID: ID: 3985
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"Calvet and Robin 1997: 165-166, cat. 85"
Text:
Translations:
1Hḥyʿṯt [... ...] son of 2Mʿdkrb and his son(s) Y- 3hʿn ḏ-[... ...] 4.. banū Ṯwrm dedicated to ʿṯtr 5ḏ-Ḏbn, Master of Bḥr Ḥṭbm, this 6statue in bronze, in praise because 7ʿṯtr protected His servant Hḥyʿṯt 8and his son Yhʿn [... ...] 9[..] priesthood of [... ...] 10his Lord ʿṯtr [... ...] 11from all the temples [... ...]
Chronological
Period: C
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Base → Of statue with dedicatory inscription
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 38.5, w. 13.4, th. 6
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Subject Level 1: Animal
Subject Level 2: Horned animal
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 7369
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