DASI ID: ID: 6099
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 34 Image free from copyright
Text:
Translations:
1ʿmrlt of the family S²rḥm servant 2of the family ʾnwyn, dedicated 3to ʾlmqh, Lord of ʾwm this statue 4which He asked her in His oracular manifestation, because 5she sought from Him for a son, and then 6He granted her a son after ʾlmqh 7[... ... from Rfʾm, son of Hkrbm 8[...] his ... Ms¹ḥm a birth 9[... ...] ʾlmqh when He asked 10him/her [... ...]
Translation Notes:
6-7Jamme integrates: bʿd ḏ-s¹tk[n ʾ]lmqh bn and translates "after ʾlmqh was petitioned by".
Chronological
Period: D
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Base → Of statue with dedicatory inscription
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 14.5, w. 17.5, th. 5.7
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 (conjectural)
Writing Techniques: Incision
Concordances: MaMB 185
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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