DASI ID: ID: 6000
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 9 Image free from copyright
Text:
Translations:
1[... ...] dedicated to ʾlmqh 2Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, this 3statue in bronze in praise because 4He has granted to him to protect the (?) of his two 5lords ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and his brother 6Yʾzl Byn, kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, 7sons of Frʿm Ynhb, king of Sabaʾ 8when He (?) in the residence Yhgl, and that may continue 9ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, to grant to him 10the goodwill and the satisfaction of his two lords ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb 11and his brother Yʾzl Byn, kings of Sabaʾ and 12ḏu-Raydān, sons of Frʿm Ynhb, king of Sabaʾ [... ...]
Translation Notes:
4mḏht: derived noun of the root nḏh; Jamme translates "the herd of camels".
8tnḏh: 5th form of the root nḏh; Jamme translates "was pasturing".
Chronological
Period: D
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Base → Of statue with dedicatory inscription
Materials: Stone
Measures: th. 12.3
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Symbol Shape: Totschläger
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Symbol Reference: God
Symbol Reference Text: ʾlmqh
Letter Measure: 1.9 (max); 1.8 (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 231
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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