DASI ID: ID: 4877
Cleveland 1965: pl. 85; Jamme 1972: pl. 16 (facsimile) Image free from copyright
Text:
Translations:
1S¹knm and Ys²rḥʿm the sons of ʾlwhb ḏ-Ṭdʾm dedicated to ʾnby 2S²ymn in Rṣfm two bronze statues as he asked Him. They both have committed to the protection of ʾ- 3nby their lives and their faculties and their two sons ʾlwhb and ʿmkrb 4and all their childern and their properties; by ʿṯtr and by ʿm and by ʾnby and by 5ḏt Ṣntm and by ḏt Ẓhrn and by their lord Hwfʿm Yhnʿm king 6of Qatabān.
Chronological
Period: B2
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Base → Of statue with dedicatory inscription
Materials: Alabaster
Measures: h. 14.8, w. 20.2, th. 7.5
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Qatabanic → Central Qatabanic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text
Writing Techniques: Incision
Concordances: Ja 341(TC 1174)+VL C 61, Q 806, CSAI I, 118
Spatial
Site: Ḥayd Ibn ʿAqīl, Shabwa, Yemen
Ancient Name: Unknown
Type of Site: Religious area with a necropolis
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