DASI ID: ID: 6071
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 23 Image free from copyright
Text:
Translations:
1Whbs²ms¹m, of the family Lqẓn, 2[... ...] dedicated to ʾlmqh 3Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, the statue in 4bronze, in praise because 5[... ...] Whbs²ms¹, of the family Lqẓn, 6[... ...] the power of ʾlmqh, 7Lord of ʾwm, from the wound, he was wounded 8[... ...] next to the house of Ḥ- 9[... ...] to protect and to save 10[... ...] His servant 11[Whbs²ms¹m] from any evil and the mischief 12[and the harm and] the malice of the enemy. By 13[ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of] ʾwm
Translation Notes:
8Jamme translates: under the low of the house of Ḥ[... ...]. See Jamme 1962 a: 184.
Chronological
Period: D (conjectural)
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Base → Of statue with dedicatory inscription
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 24.5, w. 8.7, th. 7.5
Letter Measure: 1.3
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Central Middle Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text (conjectural)
Writing Techniques: Incision
Concordances: MaMB 64
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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