DASI ID: ID: 45
External image
Available on source website
"By kind permission of British Museum"
Fakhry 1952: pl. L/A Image free from copyright
Fakhry 1952: i, 113, fig. 61 Image free from copyright
Text:
Translations:
1Rznm, son of S¹frm, subject of banū Mqrm 2dedicated to ʾlmqh the image which sought the favour from Him 3for the well being of his son ʾrzn and in order that ʾlmqh increases to him 4male and healthy children. For ʾlmqh.
Chronological
Period: B
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Base → Of statue with dedicatory inscription
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 16.1, w. 39.5, th. 9.5
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Symbol Shape: Totschläger
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Symbol Reference: God
Symbol Reference Text: ʾlmqh
Letter Measure: 2.5
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Central Middle Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text
Writing Techniques: Incision
Concordances: Fa 88
Spatial
Site: Maʾrib, Maʾrib, Yemen
Ancient Name: Mryb / Mrb
Type of Site: Settlement
Deposit:
settlement: London
institution: The British Museum
private Collection: false
identification Number: BM 141539=1985,0223.8
Similar Epigraphs
No similar epigraphs found.