DASI ID: ID: 6006
Text:
Translations:
1[S¹ʿds²ms¹m ʾs¹rʿ and his son] 2[Mrṯdm], of the family Grt, [ʾqwl of the] 3[tribe Ḏmry] dedicated to ʾlmqhw Ṯhwn, 4Lord of ʾwm, the two statues as 5ʾlmqhw ordered them in His oracle 6so that ʾlmqhw grants them 7prosperity and good luck and for the safety 8of their lord Wtrm Yhʾmn, king 9of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, son of ʾls²rḥ 10Yḥḍb, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, and for the 11safety of his servants S¹ʿds²ms¹m and his 12son Mrṯdm, of the family Grt, and their ql 13and their tribe S¹mhrm, and may ʾlmqhw grant 14them the satisfaction and the goodwill of their 15lord Wtrm, king of Sabaʾ 16and ḏu-Raydān, and for what has been and will be favourable 17to S¹ʿds²ms¹m and his son 18Mrṯdm and the family Grt and their ql 19and their tribe S¹mhrm. By ʿṯtr and 20Hwbs¹ and ʾlmqhw and by ḏt Ḥmym and by 21ḏt Bʿdnm and by their two gods ʿṯtr 22ʿzzm and ḏt Ẓhrn, in the citadel 23Knn, and they committed their dedication to ʿṯtr 24S²rqn and ʾlmqhw, Lord of ʾwm.
Chronological
Period: D
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Base → Of statue with dedicatory inscription
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 190, w. 44.1, th. 42.7-26.2
Letter Measure: 5.5-6
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 278, ZI 13
Spatial
Site: Maḥram Bilqīs, Maʾrib, Yemen
Ancient Name: ʾwm
Type of Site: Religious area with a necropolis
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