DASI ID: ID: 4016
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"Calvet and Robin 1997: 183, cat. 98"
Text:
Translations:
1Yṣbḥ ʾrym, descendant of Mwqṣm and Bws¹m, and his wife Krbt of M- 2wqṣm, from Ṣirwāḥ, vassals of the king, dedicated to their lady ʾmʿṯtr, 3mistress of Bnn, this four statues in bronze, in praise because ʾmʿṯtr 4granted them both a son and three daughters and the life of all these 5children and the revival of their souls thanks to these children, and may ʾmʿṯtr 6continue to grant their two servants Yṣbḥ and Krbt healthy children, for their safety 7and the safety of their children, and may ʾmʿṯtr increase to them 8prosperity and good luck and the safety of their sons Ḫrf, Mgdʿl, Rb- 9bt and ʿmʿtq, banū Mqṣm, and good harvests and crops in 10their land Nḫl Ḫrf and the pastureland for their cattle; by the mother of ʿṯtr.
Chronological
Period: C
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Base → Of statue with dedicatory inscription
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 31.5, w. 39.1, th. 18
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: Unknown
Ancient Name: Unknown
Deposit:
settlement: Paris
institution: Louvre Museum
private Collection: false
identification Number: AO 4973
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