DASI ID: ID: 6897
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"By kind permission of J. Schiettecatte"
Text:
Translations:
1Ṣyḥn, son of Ḏhbm, dedicated to Tʾlb the 2inscription, when he made an acquisition from ʾlkrb, 3son of Ḥrn, and S²bmhmw, son of B– 4ws²ʿm, and so ʾlkrb and S²bmhmw assigned 5to Tʾlb and S¹mʿy three hundred 6units (300), and Ṣyḥn fulfilled his payment to ʾl– 7krb and S²bmhmw. This concession took place 8when Krbʾl went out to the mountain ʾlw. 9Guarantors of ʾlkrb's concession were: Qyḥm, son 10of Tbʿkrb and Mʿds¹mʿ, son of Ḥdrr he of 11Ḥs²dm. Guarantors of S²bmhmw's concession: Ḏr– 12ʾn, son of ʾlkrb and ʾlʿz, son of Hmdn.
Translation Notes:
8the editors translate: "au jour où Karibʾīl s'est acquitté sur le mont".
Chronological
Period: A
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Stela → Stela with framework
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 100, w. 72
Decorations:
Type Level 1: Framework
Figurative Subjects:
Subject Level 1: Geometric motif
Subject Level 2: Dentils
Letter Measure: 5
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Early Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Script Cursus: Boustrophedon
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text
Writing Techniques: Incision
Spatial
Site: Jabal Riyām, Ṣanʿāʾ, Yemen
Ancient Name: Trʿt
Type of Site: Religious area
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