DASI ID: ID: 6317
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"By kind permission of GOAM"
Text:
Translations:
1Rymm descendant of S²rḥṯt mqtwy 2of Dwmn Yʾzn ḏ-Ġymn 3dedicated to ʾlmqh Master of 4ʾwm the statue in bronze, in praise 5because He gratified him with the favours he sought 6from Him, and may grant ʾlmqh 7Ṯhwn Master of ʾwm the goodwill and the sa- 8tisfaction of their lords the family of ḏ-Ġymn, and may He 9grant them well-watered crops both naturally 10and artificially irrigated, which will satisfy them, and may He deliver 11them from the harm and the malice of any enemy far or 12near, the one theyr are aware of and the one they are not 13aware of, by ʾlmqh Master of ʾwm.
Chronological
Period: D
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Base → Of statue with dedicatory inscription
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 24, w. 14, th. 12.5
Letter Measure: 2.3
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 691
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 212=AM 851
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