DASI ID: ID: 5910
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"CIAS: i, 77"
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Translations:
1ʿmrm Yġnm and his brothers 2ʿBydm and Ys¹rm, of the family Ḏrḥn, 3mqtt of Dwmn ḏ-Ġymn, dedicated to ʾlmqh 4Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, the statue in bronze 5which they promised Him for the safety of their lord 6Dwmn ḏ-Ġymn and for their safety and for the safety 7of their sisters; and may ʾlmqh, Lord of 8ʾwm, continue to grant to them the goodwill and the satisfaction of their lord 9Dwmn ḏ-Ġymn, and may ʾlmqh deliver them 10from harm, malice and calumny of any enemy, 11the one they are aware of and the one they are not aware of; 12may ʾlmqh repeatedly save His servants 13ʿmrm and his brothers ʿbydm and Yrs¹m, by 14ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm.
Translation Notes:
7Beeston in CIAS translates ʾḫt as "fellow-clansmen", commenting "hitherto unattested scriptio defectiva for ʾḪWT", but Jamme prefers to retain "sister". So also Stein 2003 a: 51, fn. 19.
For a discussion of ʾdym, see Stein 2003 a: 66, fn. 163.
Chronological
Period: D (conjectural)
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Base → Of statue with dedicatory inscription
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 29, w. 21, th. 8
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Symbol Shape: Totschläger
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Symbol Reference: God
Symbol Reference Text: ʾlmqh
Subject Level 1: Plant
Subject Level 2: Rosette
Letter Measure: 1.8
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Central Middle Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text
Writing Techniques: Incision
Concordances: Ir 33 App. I
Spatial
Site: Maḥram Bilqīs, Maʾrib, Yemen
Ancient Name: ʾwm
Type of Site: Religious area with a necropolis
Deposit:
settlement: Ṣanʿāʾ
institution: The National Museum
private Collection: false
identification Number: YM 438
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