DASI ID: ID: 6055

Jamme 1962 a: pl. 17 Image free from copyright
Text:
Translations:
1ʾbs²mr ʾwlṭ and Rfʾ ʾs²wʿ, 2of the families Ḥfnm and Ḏnm, ʾqwl 3of the tribe ʾyfʿ, dedicated to 4their Lord ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, 5a statue in bronze that they had promised Him in 6praise because He saved His servants ʾbs²mr 7and Rfʾ from all the expeditions and wars 8in which they performed service for their lord S²mr Yhrʿs², 9king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān and the Ḥaḍramawt and 10Ymnt, to the land of Ḫwln ʾgddn, 11and his lord S²mr Yhrʿs² had ordered him to 12establish a protective force in the town of Ṣʿdtm and to 13make a peace settlement with the nomads of Ḫwln ʾgddn after the 14campaign of the king [..] and after that they waged war 15against the nomads of S³nḥn in the valley Dfʾ, and 16their Lord ʾlmqh granted them glory 17and casualties and war prisoners and civil 18prisoners and loot and booty in great quantity, 19and when they made an expedition and waged war with the ʾqwl 20whom their lord S²mr Yhrʿs² had ordered to 21fight S¹hrtn and Ḥrtn and they waged war on the nomads of 22Ns²dʾl in the valley ʿtwd to the north; 23they praised the might and the power of ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, 24Lord of ʾwm, because He granted His servants 25ʾbs²mr and Rfʾ of the families Ḥfnm and 26Ḏnm spoils and war prisoners and civil prisoners 27and booty in great quantity, and may 28ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, continue to grant them 29healthy children and soundness of faculties 30and material resources and the goodwill and the satisfaction 31of their lord S²mr Yhrʿs², king of Sabaʾ and 32ḏu-Raydān and the Ḥaḍramawt and Ymnt, and a great amount of 33crops and good rainy seasons that will satisfy them. 34By ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm.
Translation Notes:
13lʾm “to make a peace settlement” (SD: 81); gʾm “to cut off” (Jamme 1962 a: 164).
Chronological
Period: D
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Base → Of statue with dedicatory inscription
Materials: Stone
Measures: Ja 658: h. 45.7-50.5, w. 19.5-21.6, th. 12.8-19.6; Ja 659: h. 42-35.6, w. 21, th. 18.5
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Symbol Shape: Totschläger
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Symbol Reference: God
Symbol Reference Text: ʾlmqh
Letter Measure: 1.4-2.5
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: Ir 40
Spatial
Site: Maḥram Bilqīs, Maʾrib, Yemen
Ancient Name: ʾwm
Type of Site: Religious area with a necropolis
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