DASI ID: ID: 5928
Pirenne 1990: pl. LXII/a Image free from copyright
Text:
Translations:
1S¹ʿdkrb [and his wife] 2Yfnt, those of ʾḏn, dedicated 3to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of 4ʾwm, the statue in bronze in praise 5because might He grant them an oracular vision 6(which was) propitious (saving him) from the lawsuit which 7occurred between him and his lords. 8And also because the wife 9Yfnt was promised that a child is granted her, 10as He protected him (or, her) in His oracle.
Translation Notes:
8-9The translation follows Nebes 1987: 90.
Chronological
Period: D
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Base → Of statue with dedicatory inscription
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 18, w. 13
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Symbol Shape: Totschläger
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Symbol Reference: God
Symbol Reference Text: ʾlmqh
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
Site: Shabwa, Shabwa, Yemen
Ancient Name: S²bwt
Type of Site: Settlement
Deposit:
settlement: Oxford
institution: The Ashmolean Museum
private Collection: false
identification Number: 1952-525
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