DASI ID: ID: 6128
Text:
Translations:
1S¹ʿds²ms¹ ʾs¹rʿ and his son Mrṯdm, of the family Grt, ʾqwl of the tribe Ḏmry, dedicated to ʾlmqhw 2Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, two statues as He ordered them in His oracle, in order that ʾlmqhw grants them prosperity and 3safety and good luck, that satisfy their hearts, and in order that ʾlmqhw grants His vassals, the family Grt, the 4satisfaction and the goodwill of their lords the kings of Sabaʾ; may ʾlmqhw continue to fulfil them and to protect them in all 5the favours they will seek from Him, and may ʾlmqhw deliver them from evil and mischief and from all the malice and the maleficence 6of any enemy, the one who is near and the one who is far; this dedication was for what has been and will be favourable for S¹ʿds²ms¹ and his son 7Mrṯdm of the family Grt and their ql and their tribe S¹mhrm. By ʿṯtr, Hbs¹, ʾlmqhw, and ḏt Ḥmym 8and ḏt Bʿdnm, and by the solar deity of the king Tnf, and their two lords ʿṯtr ʿzzm and ḏt Ẓhrn, 9the two Lords of the mountain Knn; and they committed their dedication to ʿṯtr S²rqn and ʾlmqhw, Lord of ʾwm.
Chronological
Period: D (conjectural)
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Base → Of statue with dedicatory inscription
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 48, w. 155, th. 39.8
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Symbol Shape: Totschläger
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Symbol Reference: God
Symbol Reference Text: ʾlmqh
Letter Measure: I 2.7; II-III 5.5
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 285, 286, 287
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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