DASI ID: ID: 5998
Text:
Translations:
1[... ...] their two lords 2ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and his brother Yʾzl Byn, the two kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, 3sons of Frʿm Ynhb king of Sabaʾ [... ...] and because has been and 4will be favourable to them, and might He grant to them [... ...] and 5perfect grandchild, and might ʾlmqh protect them from the maleficence, malice, slander and 6the calamities of the enemy; by ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm [... ...] and by their Patron 7Tʾlb Rymm and Ḥgrm Qḥmm.
Chronological
Period: D
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Base → Of statue with dedicatory inscription
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 16.5, w. 20.5, th. 8
Letter Measure: 2.3 (max.); 2.1 (min.)
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Central Middle Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text (conjectural)
Writing Techniques: Incision
Concordances: MaMB 195
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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