DASI ID: ID: 6096
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 31 Image free from copyright
Main part Jamme 1962 a: pl. 31 Image free from copyright
Text:
Translations:
1Mbs²mt, she of Ṣrwḥ, 2dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, 3Lord of ʾwm, the statue in bronze 4as His servant Mbs²mt 5promised Him, that as soon as 6He granted her the life for her 7of a child, she would have dedicated it to Him. And 8in fact He granted her the live of her two sons 9Ṯwbʾl and ʿmrm; and may He protect 10their persons, and may He help them 11against the maleficence and the malice. 12By ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm.
Chronological
Period: D
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Base → Of statue with dedicatory inscription
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 30.2, w. 17.8, th. 10
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Symbol Shape: Totschläger
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Symbol Reference: God
Symbol Reference Text: ʾlmqh
Letter Measure: 1.8
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 175+MaMB 120
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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