DASI ID: ID: 4813
Jamme 1969 a: 306, pl. 45 Image free from copyright
Text:
Translations:
1Wdʾl and Ys²rm sons of ʾbʾns¹ of the family Mghmm the two Wizards 2of ʿm Ryʿn - and (they) ordained Wizards their brothers Nbṭʿm and Lḥyʿm, and 3Ys²rm ordained Wizards his sons Ṣbḥm and Ṣdqm and ʾbnm - the two Collectors 4of ʾṯrt - and Wdʾl ordained Collectors his sons ʿs³bm and Kl- 5ybm and the sons of Lḥyʿm Nbṭʿm and ʿmkrb - the two Collectors of ʾ- 6ṯrt - and Wdʾl and Ys²rm and Ṣbḥm and Ṣdqm the Priests of ʾ- 7ṯrt in ʾs¹ḫr and Wdʾl and Ṣbḥm the Priests of Rbs² ḏ-Nhlb - 8dedicated to ʿm Ryʿn the inscription and all that is due to Him from the tribute 9they paid to ʿm. They have committed to ʿm Ryʿn their sons [... ...] 10[... ...] ; by ʿṯtr and by ʿm and by ʿm[... ...] 11by ʾṯrt and by the gods of [... ...]
Chronological
Period: B2
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Stela
Materials: Alabaster
Measures: h. 60, w. 42
Decorations:
Type Level 1: Framework
Figurative Subjects:
Subject Level 1: Geometric motif
Subject Level 2: Dentils
Subject Level 1: Geometric motif
Subject Level 2: Horizontal grooves
Letter Measure: 3.5
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Qatabanic → Central Qatabanic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text
Writing Techniques: Incision
Concordances: HI 39, Q 551, CSAI I, 117
Spatial
Site: Hajar Ibn Ḥumayd, Shabwa, Yemen
Ancient Name: ḏ-Ġylm / ḏt-Ġylm
Type of Site: Settlement
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