DASI ID: ID: 6879
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"By kind permission of J. Schiettecatte"
Text:
Translations:
1Mns²ʾm, son of Ḍfrm, dedicated to T– 2ʾlb S²ḫtm, daughter of Hmtʿ, and her 3daughter, whom he bought from ʿmyd– 4ʿ, son of ʾmns¹mʿ, he of ʾrn (?) and he 5assigned the two of them to Tʾlb and S¹mʿy, 6(namely) the two free women of S¹mʿy, and their children 7and their obligation to Ḥs²dm, and to S¹mh– 8yfʿ, the free woman of Ḥs²dm and her children. In the 9month of ʾbhy, in the priesthood of ʾb[...] 10[...]rn, guarantor [... ...]
Translation Notes:
3the editors translate: "qu'il a payée à".
4if ʾrn is not a proper name, but a substantive, we can very hypothetically think to the root ʾRY "collect, gather", ḏ-ʾrn: "together".
4-5the editors translate flṭ as a substantive "concession".
7-8S¹mhyfʿ seems here attested as a feminine proper name.
Chronological
Period: A
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Stela → Stela with framework
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 84, w. 56
Decorations:
Type Level 1: Framework
Figurative Subjects:
Subject Level 1: Geometric motif
Subject Level 2: Horizontal grooves
Subject Level 1: Geometric motif
Subject Level 2: Dentils
Letter Measure: 6
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Early Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text (conjectural)
Writing Techniques: Incision
Spatial
Site: Jabal Riyām, Ṣanʿāʾ, Yemen
Ancient Name: Trʿt
Type of Site: Religious area
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