DASI ID: ID: 4076
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"Arbach and Audouin 2007: 36, cat. 19"
Text:
Translations:
1ʿ[m]krb ḏ-ʾrs³ and his son 2ʾs¹n, servants of the banū Gdnm, dedicated 3to ʾlmqh Master of S²bʿn a statue in 4bronze, in praise because 5ʾlmqh Master of S²bʿn granted to them - 6His two servants ʿ[m]krb and ʾs¹n - the return in safety 7from the town of Ẓrbn and its oasis 8Nagrān, when their lords the banū Gdnm 9commanded to them to perform the service by the authority 10of the banū Gdnm in Nagrān; and may ʾlmqh Master of S²bʿn 11grant to them favour and 12[...] of their lords the banū Gdnm and 13[... ...] from the maleficence and the malice of any enemy 14[... ...] S²bʿn and ḏt Ns²qm.
Translation Notes:
8-10"lorsque leurs seigneurs, les banu Gadanum, leur ordonnèrent d’accomplir leur service suivant l’ordre des banū Gadanum, à Nagrān" (Bron 2010 b: 42).
Chronological
Period: C
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Base → Of statue with dedicatory inscription
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 44, w. 22, th. 14
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Symbol Shape: Totschläger
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Symbol Reference: God
Symbol Reference Text: ʾlmqh
Letter Measure: 2
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: al-Bayḍāʾ, al-Jawf, Yemen
Ancient Name: Ns²qm
Type of Site: Settlement
Deposit:
settlement: Ṣanʿāʾ
institution: The National Museum
private Collection: false
identification Number: YM 28805
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