DASI ID: ID: 6309
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"By kind permission of GOAM"
Text:
Translations:
1[... ...] and their sons 2Yḥmʾl and S¹ʿdʾwm and 3Mʿdkrb of the family ḏ-Bydn and Whbm, 4the Abyanites, vassals of ḏ-Nzḥtn, 5dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn, Lord of ʾwm, 6the two statues in bronze that he promised [Him] 7for their safety, and so that He should grant them prosperity 8and good luck and the satisfaction of 9their lords, by ʾlmqh Ṯhwn.
Chronological
Period: D
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Base → Of statue with dedicatory inscription
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 29.5, w. 25, th. 11.5
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 707
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 2358=AM 852
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