DASI ID: ID: 5945

Ll. 6-28 Ryckmans, Jacques 1980: 185, pl. 1 Image free from copyright
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1Ydm Ydrm and his brother S¹ʿdʿṯtr of the family S¹ḫymm, ʾqwl 2of the tribe S¹mʿy, the third of Hgrm, dedicated to ʾlmqh 3Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, the statue in bronze in praise because ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, granted them 4the safety of the reign, the assumption of office and the accession of 5their lords ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and his brother Yʾzl Byn, kings of 6Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, sons of Frʿm Ynhb, king of Sabaʾ, in the 7palaces S¹lḥn and Ġmdn; in praise because ʾlmqh 8Ṯhwn Lords of ʾwm granted them to defeat all the men that had raise against their lords 9ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and his brother Yʾzl Byn, kings of 10Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, a bad insurrection; may ʾlmqh continue to defeat and 11bring to submission and crush anyone who rebels and rises up against their lords 12ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and his brother Yʾzl Byn, kings 13of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān; may ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, grant them the safety 14of their lords ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and his brother Yʾzl Byn, kings 15of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, and the safety of their servants Ydm Ydrm and his brother 16S¹ʿdʿṯtr, of the family S¹ḫymm; they praised because ʾlmqh 17Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, granted them their command in the land of their tribe Yrs¹m 18(during) a good and abundant rainy season that satisfied them; may ʾlmqh 19Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, continue to grant their servants Ydm Ydrm 20and his brother S¹ʿdʿṯtr, of the family S¹ḫymm, male healthy sons 21and good crops and harvests in all their valleys 22and their fields; may ʾlmqh, Ṯhwn Lord of ʾwm, 23grant them the goodwill and the satisfaction of their lords ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and his brother 24Yʾzl Byn, kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, sons of Frʿm 25Ynhb, king of Sabaʾ; may ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, 26deliver them from the malice and the maleficence and the envy of any enemy, far and near, 27they are aware and they are not aware of; may ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, grant them 28soundness of faculties and material resources. 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
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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