DASI ID: ID: 6277
Text:
Translations:
1Lḥyʿṯt, son of Ḥywm and Ḥywm son, of Lḥyʿṯt, the two groups of Ḥwln, of the family Myṯʿm, ministers of Hwbs¹ and ʾlmqh, dedicated to ʾlmqh the completion of the wall from this line of the inscription to the top of the tower and of the two curtain walls, by ʾlmqh.Translation Notes:
1ʾrbʿnhn could be a proper name.
Chronological
Period: B
Physical
Support: Monumental support → Architectural structure → Wall
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 24, w. 992 (measures of the text)
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Symbol Shape: Totschläger
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Symbol Reference: God
Symbol Reference Text: ʾlmqh
Letter Measure: 24
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Early Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text
Writing Techniques: Incision
Concordances: ZI 41
Spatial
Site: Maḥram Bilqīs, Maʾrib, Yemen
Ancient Name: ʾwm
Type of Site: Religious area with a necropolis
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