DASI ID: ID: 6061

Jamme 1962 a: pl. 18 Image free from copyright
Text:
Translations:
1ʾbkrb ʾyhr and ʿbdʿṯtr ʾs²wʿ 2and their sons Whbʾwm ʾs¹d 3of the family ʿḍḍn, ʾqwl of the tribe ʿḍḍn, dedicated 4to their lord ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm, a horse and his 5rider, all of them two in bronze, which they promised Him in praise 6because ʾlmqh protected against the ruin which was in the 7land; and may their Lord ʾlmqh to look after and save 8His servants ʾbkrb and ʿbdʿṯtr and 9Whbʾwm, of the family ʿḍḍn, from the misfortune 10and the mischief and the things of the evil, and the maleficence and the malice 11of the enemy, and may He grant to them prosperities of faculties 12and power and the goodwill and the satisfaction of their lord 13Krbʾl Yhnʿm, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu- 14Raydān and Ḥaḍramawt and Ymnt, and may He grant to 15them fruits crops and harvests of luxuriance, and crops 16of cereals of spring and autumn season. By ʾlmqhw 17Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm.
Chronological
Period: D
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Base → Of statue with dedicatory inscription
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 82, w. 33.5, th. max. 24.8 (top), th. min. 12.8 (bottom)
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Symbol Shape: Totschläger
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Symbol Reference: God
Symbol Reference Text: ʾlmqh
Letter Measure: 2.8
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 140, ZI 47
Spatial
Site: Maḥram Bilqīs, Maʾrib, Yemen
Ancient Name: ʾwm
Type of Site: Religious area with a necropolis
Deposit:
settlement: Mārib
private Collection: false
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