DASI ID: ID: 6011

Fragment of Ja 611 (MaMB 21) Jamme 1962 a: pl. 10 Image free from copyright

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Text:
Translations:
1Ns²ʾkrb Yʾmn Yhrḥb, king of 2Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, son of ʾls²rḥ 3Yḥḍb and Yʾzl Byn, kings of Sabaʾ and 4ḏu-Raydān, dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of 5ʾwm, this statue in bronze, in praise because 6He fulfilled him in all the requests he asked for and in 7the favours he sought from Him, in the month of ḏ- 8Hbs¹ and ʿṯtr, in the third year of Ns²ʾkrb, son of 9Mʿdkrb, of the family Ḥḏmt; may 10ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, continue to fulfill and 11to gratify His servant Ns²ʾkrb Yʾmn 12Yhrḥb, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, son of 13ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and Yʾzl Byn, kings of 14Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, in all the requests and favours 15he may continue to ask and to seek for to the power of 16ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm; may He 17assure the safety of the person of His servant Ns²ʾkrb 18Yʾmn Yhrḥb, king of Sabaʾ and 19ḏu-Raydān, and of their kingdom and their army, and may He 20destroy and humiliate and defeat and overwhelm and crush 21all their war's enemies and their enemies. By 22ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm.
Chronological
Period: D
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Base → Of statue with dedicatory inscription
Materials: Stone
Measures: MaMB 277: h. 88.5, w. 37, th. 33-22.4; MaMB 21: h. 24.6, w. 20.6, th. 13
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Symbol Shape: Totschläger
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Symbol Reference: God
Symbol Reference Text: ʾlmqh
Letter Measure: 2.6-3
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Central Middle Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text
Writing Techniques: Incision
Royal Inscription: Yes
Concordances: Ja 611, MaMB 21+MaMB 227
Spatial
Site: Maḥram Bilqīs, Maʾrib, Yemen
Ancient Name: ʾwm
Type of Site: Religious area with a necropolis
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