DASI ID: ID: 6208
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"Kitchen 1998 a: 144, fig. 1"
Text:
Translations:
1S²rḥbʾl Ydmʾ, of the family Rṯmn, 2official (?) of the king, dedicated to ʾlmqh 3Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, the statue in bronze in praise 4because He granted him His protection from the sickness 5he suffered before this dedication, and as for ʾlmqh 6Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, may He continue to save 7His servant S²rḥbʾl Ydmʾ, of the family Rṯmn, 8from the misfortune and the sickness and the mischief, and may He grant 9him the goodwill and the satisfaction of their lord 10ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, son of 11Frʿm Ynhb, king of Sabaʾ, and may He deliver 12him from enmity and the malice of the enemy. By ʾlmqh 13Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm.
Chronological
Period: D
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Base → Of statue with dedicatory inscription
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 28, w. 19, th. 9
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Symbol Shape: Totschläger
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Symbol Reference: God
Symbol Reference Text: ʾlmqh
Figurative Subjects:
Subject Level 1: Plant
Subject Level 2: Bunch of grapes
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Central Middle Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text
Writing Techniques: Incision
Spatial
Site: Maḥram Bilqīs, Maʾrib, Yemen
Ancient Name: ʾwm
Type of Site: Religious area with a necropolis
Deposit:
settlement: Unknown
institution: Unknown
private Collection: true
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