DASI ID: ID: 5965
Text:
Translations:
1The descendants of the clan Grt, ʾqwl of the tribe Ḏmry 2and their tribe S¹mhrm dedicated 3to ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm, the two statues in bronze 4in praise because ʾlmqh granted to them 5the safety of their lord Ns²ʾkrb Yhʾnm 6king of Sabaʾ son of Ḏmrʿly Ḏrḥ, and 7because ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm, granted 8to their lord Ns²ʾkrb the achieving of the proper success 9in all the battles in which he intervened for the house 10S¹lḥn, in wars and in peace, and may continue 11ʾlmqh to grant to their lord Ns²ʾkrb safety, 12strenght, success, prosperity of faculties and 13power, and may grant to them ʾlmqh the safety of the 14house S¹lḥn and of its owners, and the safety of its vassals 15the descendants of the clan Grt and their qayl; by ʿṯtr S²rqn and ʿṯtr 16ḏu-Ḏbn and Hwbs¹ and ʾlmqh and ḏt Ḥmym 17and ḏt Bʿdnm and by the solar deity of the king Tnf and 18by their two gods ʿṯtr ʿzzm and ḏt Ẓhrn, 19Lords of the citadel Knn; and they committed the dedication 20to ʿṯtr S²rqn and ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm.
Chronological
Period: C
Mentioned Date: (80-100 AD)
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
Concordances: MaMB 313
Spatial
Site: Maḥram Bilqīs, Maʾrib, Yemen
Ancient Name: ʾwm
Type of Site: Religious area with a necropolis
Deposit:
settlement: Mārib
private Collection: false
Similar Epigraphs
No similar epigraphs found.
