DASI ID: ID: 6303
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"By kind permission of GOAM"
Text:
Translations:
1[... ...] son of Ḏḫr- 2ʾl dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn 3Master of ʾwm the statue in bronze, in prai- 4se because He favoured him with the favour he 5had sought from Him, namely good health for his 6wife [... ...] and his son Rbʿt 7and [... ...]lwb and all their 8children from [... ...] and the epidemic that occurred 9[... ...]l son of ʾbkrb from 10[... ...] and may ʾlmqh Ṯhwn 11Master of ʾwm continue to favour him with all 12the favours which he seeks from Him, by 13ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Master of ʾwm.
Chronological
Period: D
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Base → Of statue with dedicatory inscription
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 18.8, w. 8.5, th. 5.5
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Subject Level 1: Plant
Subject Level 2: Rosette
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 (conjectural)
Writing Techniques: Incision
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 2349
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