DASI ID: ID: 6299
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"By kind permission of GOAM"
Text:
Translations:
1Whbʾwm ibn ʿmydm and S¹ʿdtʾlb 2ibn Ḏrḥʾl, the two assistants of Rbbns¹rm 3ʾwḥs² descendant of Btʿ, dedicated to ʾlmqh Master of ʾwm 4the two statues in bronze, whereby they praised the might of 5ʾlmqh, because He saved the person of their lord 6Rbbns¹rm ʾwḥs² from the sickness he suffered in 7the town of Mrb, and because he granted His servants Whbʾwm 8and S¹ʿdtʾlb a safe return from the raiding campaign 9which they undertook in the land of Ḥimyar and 10Rdmn, when they came back with an enemy casualty and plunder that satisfied 11their hearts. And may ʾlmqh continue to grant His two servants 12the goodwill and the satisfaction of their lord Rbbns¹rm 13ʾwḥs² descendant of Btʿ, and the satisfaction of their tribe 14Ḥmln, and may He protect them from the harm and malice of any 15enemy, by ʾlmqh.
Chronological
Period: D
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Base → Of statue with dedicatory inscription
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 32, w. 21.5, th. 12.2
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Symbol Shape: Totschläger
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Symbol Reference: God
Symbol Reference Text: ʾlmqh
Letter Measure: 1.5
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 2113
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 1652=AM 855
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