DASI ID: ID: 5970
Text:
Translations:
1Rṯdṯwn ʾzʾd and Hwfʿṯt 2Yhs²ʿ and Whbʾwm and S¹ʿdṯwn, 3of the family Gdnm, dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, 4Lord of ʾwm, the statue in praise because He granted 5to them the favours they have besought Him for 6during the expeditions they undertook by the authority of their lords, 7the kings of Sabaʾ; and might ʾlmqh continue 8to grant to His servant Rṯdṯwn and Hwfʿṯt 9and Whbʾwm and S¹ʿdṯwn the favours 10they have besought Him for; and might He grant to them 11the satisfaction and the goodwill of their two lords Yrm ʾymn and 12his brother Krbʾl Wtr, kings of Sabaʾ; and 13might He grant to them prosperity and luck events; 14and might He grant to them perfect fruits crops and harvests 15from all their valleys; by ʿṯtr and Hbs¹ 16and ʾlmqh, and by ḏt Ḥmym and by 17ḏt Bʿdnm and by the solar deity of the king Tnf.
Chronological
Period: C
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
Letter Measure: 5.2
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 266, ZI 5
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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