DASI ID: ID: 6302
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"By kind permission of GOAM"
Text:
Translations:
1Nʿmt she of Ddḥmd 2(from the ?) handmaids of the clan Ḫḏwt, 3dedicated to ʾlmqh, Lord of 4ʾwm, the female statue, in praise because 5He saved and helped her daughter 6Rbbtgwbn against all 7the sicknesses she suffered from, by ʾlmqh.
Translation Notes:
2It is not clear whether the plural noun "handmaids" (ʾmh) refers to both the preceeding nouns, as Jamme assumes.
Chronological
Period: D (conjectural)
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Base → Of statue with dedicatory inscription
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 22, w. 16, th. 14
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Symbol Shape: Totschläger
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Symbol Reference: God
Symbol Reference Text: ʾlmqh
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 731
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 2375A=AM 853
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