DASI ID: ID: 6275
Estampage of the inscription by A. Jamme Phillips, Wendell 1955: 240 Image free from copyright
Text:
Translations:
1Ḏmrkrb son of ʾbkrb ibn S²wḏbm and S¹mhʾmr son of Tbʿkrb descendant of Rs²wn, functionaries of the qyn of ʾlmqh in ʾwm, built and renewed for ʾlmqh the completion of the wall from the tower to the inscription and the dedication of Ḏmrkrb descendant of S²wḏbm, from the limit of the inscription to top, among the property of ʾlmqh.Chronological
Period: B
Physical
Support: Monumental support → Architectural structure → Wall
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 23.5, w. 1144 (measures of the text)
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Symbol Shape: Totschläger
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Symbol Reference: God
Symbol Reference Text: ʾlmqh
Letter Measure: 23.5
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Early Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Construction text
Writing Techniques: Incision
Concordances: ZI 39
Spatial
Site: Maḥram Bilqīs, Maʾrib, Yemen
Ancient Name: ʾwm
Type of Site: Religious area with a necropolis
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