DASI ID: ID: 6315
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"By kind permission of GOAM"
Text:
Translations:
1ʿbdʿṯtr [... ...] mqtwy 2of Ns²ʾkrb Yʾmn Yhrḥ- 3b king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān son of ʾl- 4s²rḥ Yhḍb and Yʾzl Byn, kings 5of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān dedicated to ʾlmqh 6Ṯhwn, Master of ʾwm this statue in 7bronze, in praise because He granted His servant 8ʿbdʿṯtr the goodwill and the satisfaction of their 9lord Ns²ʾkrb Yʾmn Yhrḥ- 10b king of Sabaʾ, and may ʾlmqh continue to grant 11and ave [His servant ʿbdʿṯtr] from 12the harm and the malice of any enemy, [by ʾlmqh].
Chronological
Period: D
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Base → Of statue with dedicatory inscription
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 30, w. 13, th. 20
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Symbol Shape: Totschläger
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Symbol Reference: God
Symbol Reference Text: ʾlmqh
Letter Measure: 14
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 2119
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 2372=AM 864
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