DASI ID: ID: 717
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"By kind permission of GOAM"
Text:
Translations:
1Yṣrʿm and Ġwṯʾl, of the family ʿhlm, dedicated to ʾnby 2S²ymn in (the temple of) Rṣfm this statue as they asked 3Him for their son Ḥywm; they have committed to ʾnby their 4son Ḥywm.
Chronological
Period: B (conjectural)
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Base → Of statue with dedicatory inscription
Materials: Alabaster
Measures: h. 15, w. 27, th. 6
Letter Measure: 2
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Qatabanic → Central Qatabanic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text
Writing Techniques: Incision
Concordances: TC 1171, Q 487, CSAI I, 163
Spatial
Site: Ḥayd Ibn ʿAqīl, Shabwa, Yemen
Ancient Name: Unknown
Type of Site: Religious area with a necropolis
Deposit:
settlement: Aden
institution: The National Museum
private Collection: false
identification Number: NAM 441=AM 407
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