DASI ID: ID: 736
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"By kind permission of GOAM"
Text:
Translations:
1ʿ[....] ʾṣḥḥ descendant of Ḥbbm 2dedicated to ʾlmqh Ṯhwn Master of ʾw- 3m the bronze statue, which he had promised Him, in order that ʾlmqh 4should grant him prosperity and good luck, 5and the safety of his person; and in order that He should grant him 6the goodwill and satisfaction of his two lords ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍ- 7b and his brother Yʾzl Byn, the two kings of Sa- 8baʾ and ḏ-Raydān, sons of Frʿm Ynhb, king 9of Sabaʾ, by ʾlmqh Ṯhwn Master of ʾwm.
Chronological
Period: D
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Base → Of statue with dedicatory inscription
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 23.5, w. 20, th. 14.5
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Symbol Shape: Totschläger
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Symbol Reference: God
Symbol Reference Text: ʾlmqh
Letter Measure: 2
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: Ṣanʿāʾ
institution: Military Museum
private Collection: false
identification Number: MṢM 115
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