DASI ID: ID: 5942

Sharafaddīn 1961: 36 (photo) Image free from copyright
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Translations:
1Ys¹rm Yhnʿm and his son S²mr Yhrʿs², kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, [... ...] statues in bronze that he promised Him because He fulfilled them in all the requests and the favourable oracle declarations and the good news that they sought from Him with promises when they marched off from the palace Rydn and the town of Ẓfr to the town of Mryb for the kingdom of Sabaʾ [... ...] the palace S¹lḥn, 2and may ʾlmqh Ṯhwn Lord of ʾwm grant and bestow the security and the protection of the persons of His servants Ys¹rm Yhnʿm and his son S²mr Yhrʿs², kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, and (may He) continue to fulfill them in all the requests and the favourable oracle declarations and the good news they will request and seek from Him; may He save and protect the lords of the palaces S¹lḥn and Rydn 3and may He grant them first-fruits of the cereal crops of spring and autumns to both their possessions - the possession of ʿṯtr and ʾlmqh and Wll and S¹mydʿ - and soundness of faculties and material resources; 4may He humiliate, crush, overthrow and repel from them all their wars and their enemies and any war and enemy and affair that may arise against them and any unfavourable accident that may be brought against them from sea and land. 5By ʿṯtr and Hbs¹ and ʾlmqh and Wllm and S¹mydʿ [... ...] and by ḏt Ḥmym and by ḏt Bʿdnm and by the solar god of the king, Tnf Lady of Ġḍrn [... ...]tb Lady of Qrnn Ḥwrt and by ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm.
Chronological
Period: D
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Base → Of statue with dedicatory inscription
Materials: Stone
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
Royal Inscription: Yes
Spatial
Site: Maḥram Bilqīs, Maʾrib, Yemen
Ancient Name: ʾwm
Type of Site: Religious area with a necropolis
Deposit:
settlement: Ṣanʿāʾ
institution: al-Kuhālī collection
private Collection: true
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