DASI ID: ID: 6296
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"By kind permission of GOAM"
Text:
Translations:
1Hwfʿṯt Yzkn descendant of M[... ...] 2mqtwy of S²fʿṯt ʾs²wʿ and his son 3Zydm ʾymn descendant of Hmdn, 4Fys² and S¹ʾrn dedicated to ʾlmqh [... ...] 5[.]m a plinth and upon it a bronze 6statue, in praise because He saved him 7from the maleficence and the malice of the enemy, and because 8He granted him the return in safety and with enemy casualties 9from the hostilities in which he had engaged; and may He continue 10to grant him prosperous undertakings.
Chronological
Period: D
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Base → Of statue with dedicatory inscription
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 35, w. 22, th. 6
Letter Measure: 2.5
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: Ja 708
Spatial
Site: Maḥram Bilqīs, Maʾrib, Yemen
Ancient Name: ʾwm
Type of Site: Religious area with a necropolis
Deposit:
settlement: Aden
institution: The National Museum
private Collection: false
identification Number: NAM 1626
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