DASI ID: ID: 5896
Text:
Translations:
1K[.]rt, she of the family Mṭw[ḥ] 2dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, 3Lord of ʾwm the statue in 4bronze in praise because He saved her son 5S¹ʿdʾwm from the wound (wherewith) his 6brother Rṯdʿzyn was wounded and 7in fact he was saved from those 8physical injuries. By ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm.
Chronological
Period: D (conjectural)
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Base → Of statue with dedicatory inscription
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 16.5, w. 11
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Symbol Shape: Totschläger
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Symbol Reference: God
Symbol Reference Text: ʾlmqh
Letter Measure: 1
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Central Middle Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text
Writing Techniques: Incision
Spatial
Site: Maḥram Bilqīs, Maʾrib, Yemen
Ancient Name: ʾwm
Type of Site: Religious area with a necropolis
Deposit:
settlement: Oxford
institution: The Ashmolean Museum
private Collection: false
identification Number: 1957.17
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