DASI ID: ID: 6307
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"By kind permission of GOAM"
Text:
Translations:
1ʾls¹ʿd Mḏyn dedicated to ʾlmqh Master of ʾwm 2three statues in bronze for his safety and the sa- 3fety of his sons Ms¹ylm, Dws¹m and Hwfʿṯt descendants of 4Mḏyn, and may ʾlmqh give him male 5healthy children, by ʿṯtr and ʾlmqh.
Chronological
Period: D
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Base → Of statue with dedicatory inscription
Materials: Alabaster
Measures: h. 27, w. 44, th. 14
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Symbol Shape: Totschläger
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Symbol Reference: God
Symbol Reference Text: ʾlmqh
Letter Measure: 3
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 757
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 1628
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