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𐩠𐩵𐩠𐩵

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"By kind permission of GOAM"

Text:

Translations:

1S²fnʾb and her daughter Ddt [...]
2ḥm of the tribe Fys²n, handmaids of the family Grt[..], dedicated
3to Almaqah Ṯhwn Master of Awām, a female statue
4in bronze, because S²fnʾb had come
5to make a pilgrimage to Almaqah when her daughter Ddt had been ailing
6in her breast for nine months, and S²fnʾb promised
7Almaqah that, as soon as her daughter Ddt should have recovered satisfactorily,
8she would bring her back to make the pilgrimage along with herself, so
9S²fnʾb did return to make the pilgrimage in (the month of) ḏ-Hbs¹,
10but her daughter Ddt did not go up with her: Ddt set out to accompany
11S²fnʾb, but turned aside to the sanctuary of Awām which is in
12the vicinity of Ṣanʿāʾ in a garment (? covering the breast?); so she was punished
13by Almaqah and He imposed on her a penance for two years.
14Now Almaqah has commanded them in His oracle that
15they should dedicate a statue; and may Almaqah vouchsafe them
16to deliver Ddt from this ailment, for her to (?go?)
17... ... do penance ...

Chronological

Period: D

Physical

Support: Object → Artefact → Base → Of statue with dedicatory inscription
Measures: h. 25, w. 17, th. 9
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Symbol Shape: Totschläger
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Symbol Reference: God
Symbol Reference Text: ʾlmqh
Letter Measure: 1.3

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: Aden
institution: The National Museum
private Collection: false
identification Number: NAM 2494

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