DASI ID: ID: 4453
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"Robin 2005-2006: 283-285, fig. 176"
Text:
Translations:
1ʿmḏkr, son of Lḥyʿm, of the family ʾbrn, dedicated to Ḥwkm his person, his faculties, his 2goods, his son Hwfʿṯt, his brothers ʾbʾns¹, Nbṭʿm, Hwtr- 3ʿṯt, ʾbʿly and ʿmʾns¹, and all their sons, when ʿm- 4ḏkr transferred to Ḥwkm from his property, because Ḥwkm saved ʿmḏkr in all that he 5asked Him, and saved him in war and peace. By ʿm, by ʾnby, by Ḥ- 6wkm, by ḏt Ṣntm, by ḏt Rḥbn, by ḏt Ẓhrn, by ḏt Ḥmy- 7m, by Ydʿʾb Ḏbyn, king of Qatabān, and by his tribe, his ʾqwl, (tribe of) Bklm ḏ-Mry- 8mtm. ʿmḏkr committed to Ḥwkm his dedication against everyone who may move it from its place.
Chronological
Period: B
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Plaque → With framework
Materials: Bronze
Measures: h. 47.3, w. 117.6
Decorations:
Type Level 1: Framework
Figurative Subjects:
Subject Level 1: Geometric motif
Subject Level 2: Dentils
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Qatabanic → Central Qatabanic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text
Writing Techniques: Cast
Spatial
Site: Hajar al-ʿĀdī, Maʾrib, Yemen
Ancient Name: Mrymtm
Type of Site: Settlement
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