DASI ID: ID: 4936
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"Fontaine and Arbach 2006: 69 (photo)"
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Translations:
1S²bʿm daughter of S²kyrm ḏ-Ms³ḥbm belonging to the house of Lḥym ḏ-Ms³ḥbm, the Minaean, dedicated to ḏt Ṣntm two lions of bronze as a whole that 2S²bʿm offered to ḏt Ṣntm from her properties, S²bʿm committed to the protection of ḏt Ṣntm her life and her faculties and her sons S¹ʿdʾl and Ġw- 3ṯʾl and Yḥmʾl and Hwfʾl and Ddn and the sons of Ddn Lḥyʿṯt and Ḍbʿm and Fys²m and all their children and their properties. By the gods of 4Maʿīn and of Qatabān and by their lords Wqhʾl Yṯʿ king of Maʿīn and S²hr Hll and his son Hwfʿm Yhnʿm the two kings 5of Qatabān. S²bʿm committed to ḏt Ṣntm her two lions against everyone who may damage them or may move them from their place.
Chronological
Period: B2
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Sculpture in the round → Animal figure
Materials: Bronze
Measures: h. 67, w. 70, h. base 9.5, th. 5
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
View: In profile
Subject Level 1: Animal
Subject Level 2: Lion
Animal Gestures:
Moving
Letter Measure: 1
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: Unknown (wādī Ḥarīb), Yemen
Ancient Name: Unknown
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