DASI ID: ID: 6171
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 45 Image free from copyright
Text:
Translations:
1[... ...] 2[... ... ʾlmqh] 3Ṯhwn, Lord of [ʾwm ... ...] 4for the safety [... ...] 5ʾlmqh, Lord of [ʾwm ... ... and] 6might He help [... ... from the malice] 7and the maleficence [of any enemy. By ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm]
Chronological
Period: D (conjectural)
Physical
Support: Object → Stone piece
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 16.6, w. 5.6, th. 3.6
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 (conjectural)
Writing Techniques: Incision
Concordances: MaMB 104
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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