DASI ID: ID: 6880
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"Maraqten 2008: 237, fig. 4"
Text:
Translations:
1Tbʿkrb, of whom Tbʿ- 2krb, of the family Krbm, is the protector dedicated to ʾ- 3lmqh Ṯhwn, the Lord of ʾwm, the statue of 4bronze, which he had promised Him in gratitude because 5ʾlmqh granted him to save and accomplish 6the marriage of both his sisters: S¹mḥlk into 7the family Rs²yn and Gdʿl into the family 8Krbm, and because ʾlmqh granted them and 9delivered them from a sickness they have suffered (namely) he and 10his wife Blt, she of the family Krbm. Might 11ʾlmqh continue to aid them against 12evil, mischief, ruin, harm, 13malice of an enemy ; might ʾlmqh vouchsafe them 14the favour and the goodwil of their two lords ʾls²rḥ Y- 15ḥḍb and his brother Yʾzl Byn, the two kings of 16S¹bʾ and ḏu-Raydān, sons of Frʿm Ynhb 17king of S¹bʾ. By ʾlmqh, the Lord of ʾwm.
Translation Notes:
1the formula: personal name and ḏ-ṣry-hw, is attested in SAB corpus (e.g. Ja 589, 1-4; Ja 703, 1-2).
Chronological
Period: D
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Base → Of statue with dedicatory inscription
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 32, w. 16, th. 13
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: Maʾrib, Maʾrib, Yemen
Ancient Name: Mryb / Mrb
Type of Site: Settlement
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