DASI ID: ID: 6018

Jamme 1962 a: pl. 12 Image free from copyright
Text:
Translations:
1Rbbʾl ʾs²wʿ and his son 2Ddʾl, of the family Ḥlḥlm, 3ʿqbt of the king in the town of Ns²qm, dedicated 4to ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm, the two statues in bronze 5that he promised Him in praise because 6ʾlmqh granted and saved His servant Rbbʾl 7from the fall, in which he was overthrown by his camel (when) 8a canine animal (?) entered between the legs of his camel 9in the vicinity of the town of Yṯl during the night and indeed 10ʾlmqh made him know that He saved 11him and because He saved him and all his vassals 12in his houses from the ill-health and the malady 13from which they suffered in the town of Ns²qm; may 14ʾlmqh grant them the goodwill and the satisfaction of their lord 15Ns²ʾkrb Yhʾmn Yhrḥb, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, son of 16ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and Yʾzl Byn, kings of 17Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydan, and may 18ʾlmqh protect them from the malice and the maleficence 19of any enemy, the one they are aware of and the one they are not 20aware of. By ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm.
Translation Notes:
8-9The translation follows the one proposed by Stein, instead of that by Jamme "from the fall [that] happened to his camel, in which the knee of his camel Klbym was dislocated".
Chronological
Period: D
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Base → Of statue with dedicatory inscription
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 54, w. 27, th. 19.5 ca.
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Symbol Shape: Totschläger
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Symbol Reference: God
Symbol Reference Text: ʾlmqh
Letter Measure: 2.4-3.4
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 178
Spatial
Site: Maḥram Bilqīs, Maʾrib, Yemen
Ancient Name: ʾwm
Type of Site: Religious area with a necropolis
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