DASI ID: ID: 6105
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 34 Image free from copyright
Text:
Translations:
1[... ...] of Rys³n 2dedicated to ʾlmqhw 3Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, the statue for 4the safety of their son Whbm, and for 5their safety, and may ʾlmqh continue 6to grant them male children 7in health. By ʿṯtr and 8ʾlmqh and by ḏt Ḥmym.
Chronological
Period: D (conjectural)
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Base → Of statue with dedicatory inscription
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 32.7, w. 22.9, th. 20.3
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Symbol Shape: Totschläger
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Symbol Reference: God
Symbol Reference Text: ʾlmqh
Letter Measure: 3.3
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 217
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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