DASI ID: ID: 5967
Text:
Translations:
1Sḫmn Yhṣbh of the family Btʿ, owners of the house 2Wklm, ʾqwl of the tribe S¹mʿy, the third of ḏu-Ḥmln, 3dedicated to ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm, the statue, in 4praise because He aided them in giving protection for the return of 5their lord ʾnmrm Yhʾmn, king of Sabaʾ, son of 6Whbʾl Yḥz, king of Sabaʾ, to the house S¹lḥn 7from the house of the clan Ġymm, as he accepted to an action him, his servants, 8the Sabaeans, the ʾqwl and the main army. Might 9ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm, grant to His servant S¹ḫmn of the family Btʿ 10the goodwill and the satisfaction of their lord ʾnmrm Yhʾmn, king 11of Sabaʾ, son of Whbʾl Yḥz, king of Sabaʾ; and might 12ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm, grant to them perfect crops and 13harvests in all their land and their valleys and [their] fields; 14and for what has been and will be favourable for S¹ḫmn and the descendants of the clan Btʿ 15and [... ...] of Ḥmln; and that might ʾlmqh preserve them 16and save them from misfortunes and mischief and maleficence and malice 17of the enemy, who is distant and nearby; by ʿṯtr and Hwbs¹ and ʾlmqh 18and by ḏt-Ḥmym and by ḏt-Bʾdnm, and by the solar deity 19of the king Tnf, and by their Patron, Tʾlb Rymm, Lord of S²ṣrm; 20and they committed their dedication to ʿṯtr S²rqn and ʾlmqh, 21Lord of ʾwm, against the damage of it from its place.
Chronological
Period: D
Mentioned Date: (second half of the 2nd century AD)
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Base
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 147, w. 49, th. 35.8
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Symbol Shape: Totschläger
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Symbol Reference: God
Symbol Reference Text: ʾlmqh
Letter Measure: 4.2 (min.), 4.4 (max.)
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 279, ZI 50
Spatial
Site: Maḥram Bilqīs, Maʾrib, Yemen
Ancient Name: ʾwm
Type of Site: Religious area with a necropolis
Deposit:
settlement: Mārib
private Collection: false
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