DASI ID: ID: 6298
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"By kind permission of GOAM"
Text:
Translations:
1[ʿwfm] ... mqtwy of ʾl- 2s²rḥ Yḥḍb and his brother Yʾzl 3Byn, kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, sons of Frʿm 4Ynhb king of Sabaʾ, dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn 5Master of ʾwm, the bronze statue that he had promised Him, 6when they were waterless in the north for three days and 7nights, when he had been sent on a mission to the kings of the north, 8(namely) ʾl-Ḥrṯ bn Kʿbm king of ʾs¹d and Mlkm 9bn Bd king of Kinda and Mḏḥgm and some (other) 10bedouins; and so the Master of ʾwm granted His servant 11ʿwfm a safe return; and may He protect him from the harm 12and malice of any enemy; by ʾlmqh Ṯhwn Master of ʾwm.
Chronological
Period: D
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Base → Of statue with dedicatory inscription
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 37, w. 21, th. 12
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Symbol Shape: Totschläger
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Symbol Reference: God
Symbol Reference Text: ʾlmqh
Letter Measure: 1.6
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 2110
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 430=AM 848
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