DASI ID: ID: 6716
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"al-Saʿīd 2002 a: 15, pl. 4"
Text:
Translations:
1S²fnḥlf and Nʿmgd 2those of Mrḍwt, servants of the 3family Ḥlḥlm dedicated to ʾl- 4mqh Ṯhwn Master of ʾwm 5the statue in bronze that his female servant 6had promised Him, in praise 7because He helped and saved their daughter 8Mrḍwt from the disease from which 9she suffered; and may ʾlmqh Master of 10ʾwm continue to save His servants, those of 11[... ...]
Chronological
Period: D (conjectural)
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Base → Of statue with dedicatory inscription
Materials: Stone
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Symbol Shape: Totschläger
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Symbol Reference: God
Symbol Reference Text: ʾlmqh
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Central Middle Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text
Writing Techniques: Incision
Spatial
Site: Maḥram Bilqīs, Maʾrib, Yemen
Ancient Name: ʾwm
Type of Site: Religious area with a necropolis
Deposit:
settlement: Riyāḍ
institution: King Saud University Museum
private Collection: false
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