DASI ID: ID: 6007
Text:
Translations:
1S¹ʿds²m[s¹m ʾs¹rʿ and his son] 2Mrṯdm, of the family [Grt, ʾqwl of the] 3tribe Ḏmry, dedicated to ʾlmqhw 4Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, the two statues, as 5ʾlmqhw ordered them in His 6oracle, so that ʾlmqhw grants them prosperity 7and good luck and for the safety of their 8lord Wtrm Yhʾmn, king of Sabaʾ 9and ḏu-Raydān, son of ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb, 10king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, and for the safety of his 11servants S¹ʿds²ms¹m and his son Mrṯdm 12of the family Grt, and their ql and their tribe 13S¹mhrm: may ʾlmqhw grant them 14the satisfaction and the goodwill of their lord Wtrm, 15king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, and for what has been 16and will be favourable to S¹ʿds²ms¹m and his son 17Mrṯdm and the family Grt and their ql 18and their tribe S¹mhrm. By 19ʿṯtr and Hwbs¹ and ʾlmqhw and by 20ḏt Ḥmym and by ḏt Bʿdnm 21and by their two gods ʿṯtr ʿzzm and 22ḏt Ẓhrn, in the citadel Knn, 23and 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. 185, w. 48.5, th. 40-17.5
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Symbol Shape: Totschläger
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Symbol Reference: God
Symbol Reference Text: ʾlmqh
Letter Measure: 6 ca.
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 289
Spatial
Site: Maḥram Bilqīs, Maʾrib, Yemen
Ancient Name: ʾwm
Type of Site: Religious area with a necropolis
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