DASI ID: ID: 6090
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 29 Image free from copyright
Text:
Translations:
1S²fʿṯt, mqtwy of [... ...] 2dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of 3ʾwm, this statue because He brought back 4his person from S¹hrtn. By ʾlmqh.
Translation Notes:
2-4The translation follows the integrations suggested by Jamme.
Chronological
Period: D
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Base → Of statue with dedicatory inscription
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 21.2, w. 11, th. 9.5
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Symbol Shape: Totschläger
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Symbol Reference: God
Symbol Reference Text: ʾlmqh
Letter Measure: 1.6
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 165
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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