DASI ID: ID: 6104
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 34 Image free from copyright
Text:
Translations:
1S¹ʿdʾwm, of the family ʿfm 2and his son S¹lmm, of the family 3ʿfm ʾmrn, inhabitant of the 4town of Ns²qm, and S¹ʿdʾwm 5he committed to his lord 6ʾlmqhw, Lord of ʾwm, 7his son S¹lmm for the life 8of their persons; they dedicated the 9statue in bronze, and may He grant him 10child and crops.
Chronological
Period: D (conjectural)
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Base → Of statue with dedicatory inscription
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 32.8, w. 30.3, th. 6.5
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 215
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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