DASI ID: ID: 6301
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"By kind permission of GOAM"
Text:
Translations:
1ʾs¹dm ʾḥwd descendant of ʿkbt mqtwy 2of the king dedicated to ʾlmqh Master of ʾwm 3the statue in bronze that he had promised Him because of the malady 4from which he suffered in the house of ʿkbt, and he gave praise to the might and the power 5of ʾlmqh Master of ʾwm, and he gave praise because He satisfied 6him with the favours which he seeks from Him, and may 7continue ʾlmqh to grant him the goodwill and the satisfaction 8of his two lords ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and his brother 9Yʾzl Byn kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, sons 10of Frʿm Ynhb, king of Sabaʾ, and may continue 11ʾlmqh to help him against the harm and the malice of any enemy, 12by ʾlmqh Master of ʾwm
Chronological
Period: D
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Base → Of statue with dedicatory inscription
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 30.4, w. 20.4, th. 12
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Symbol Shape: Totschläger
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Symbol Reference: God
Symbol Reference Text: ʾlmqh
Letter Measure: 0.7
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 2118
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 323=AM 862
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