DASI ID: ID: 5971
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 3 Image free from copyright
Text:
Translations:
1Rbs²ms¹ ʾḏʾd, the orderly of the king, 2and his brother S¹ʿds²ms¹m, 3and their son Rṯdṯwn, descendants of Ṯnt, 4dedicated to ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm, this statue 5and this female statue in bronze, because 6He has granted to them the favour he besought 7Him for; and might the Lord of ʾwm grant to them 8the goodwill and the satisfaction of their lord 9Frʿm Ynhb and his two sons ʾls²rḥ 10Yḥdb and Yʾzl, the king of Sabaʾ; and might 11ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm, continue to grant to them 12all the favours they will seek Him for; by 13ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm.
Chronological
Period: D
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Base → Of statue with dedicatory inscription
Measures: h. 34.6, w. 16.6, th. 7
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: MaPI 2
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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