DASI ID: ID: 5987
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 6 Image free from copyright
Text:
Translations:
1ʾlkrb son of [... ...] mqtwy of 2ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and his brother 3Yʾzl Byn, the two kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, 4sons of Frʿm Ynhb, king of Sabaʾ, 5dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, the statue in 6bronze, as He had ordered him in His oracle, 7because he suffered from sickness in his legs; and might 8ʾlmqh continue to help him against that sickness 9in his legs; and might He preserve him from the maleficence 10and the malice of the enemy; and might ʾlmqh, 11Lord of ʾwm, grant him the goodwill and the satisfaction of his two lords 12ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and his brother 13Yʾzl Byn, the two kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, 14sons of Frʿm Ynhb, king of Sabaʾ; 15by ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm.
Chronological
Period: D
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Base → Of statue with dedicatory inscription
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. max. 25.3 (right), h. min. 7.5 (left), w. max. 14.4 (top), w. min. 10.4 (bottom), th. max. 13 (top), th. min. 10.4 (bottom)
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Symbol Shape: Totschläger
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Symbol Reference: God
Symbol Reference Text: ʾlmqh
Letter Measure: 1.3 (max.); 1.2 (min.)
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 167 + MaMB 122
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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