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Robin and Bāfaqīh 1980: Pl. 2 Image free from copyright

Robin and Bāfaqīh 1980: Pl. 2 Image free from copyright

Text:

Translations:

1Rṯd]ʾlw [... ... dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn],
2the Lord of ʾwm, this statue [... ... in praise because]
3ʾlmqh, the Lord of ʾwm, granted him his satisfaction in all the favours
4he asked from Him; may ʾlmqh continue to grant satisfaction to His servant
5in all the favours he will ask from Him; may He save his two lords
6ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and his brother Yʾzl Byn, the two kings
7of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydan, sons of Frʿm Ynhb, the king of Sabaʾ; and
8he praised (Him), because He saved the body of His servant Rṯdʾlw from an amount of 
9maladies and illnesses that afflicted him; and he praised (Him) because saved His servant
10from the unsaddling of the horse, that unsaddled him in Ṣnʿw; may ʾlmqh continue
11to save His servant from bad affairs and may He grant him 
12the safety of his vassals and his children in the city S²bmm and may ʾlmqh
13grant him the favour and the goodwill of his two lords ʾls²rḥ
14Yḥḍb and his brother Yʾzl Byn, the two kings of Sabaʾ
15and ḏu-Raydan; may ʾlmqh grant him the safety for him of his hand
16and his tongue; may He deliver him from the maleficence and the malice of (any) enemy. By
17ʾlmqh, the Lord of ʾwm.

Chronological

Period: D

Physical

Support: Object → Artefact → Base → Of statue with dedicatory inscription
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 44; w. 24; th. 14
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
Writing Techniques: Incision
Concordances: MuB 3

Spatial

Site: Maḥram Bilqīs, Maʾrib, Yemen
Ancient Name: ʾwm
Type of Site: Religious area with a necropolis
Deposit:
settlement: Bayḥān
institution: Museum
private Collection: false
identification Number: 3

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