DASI ID: ID: 7550
Robin 1987 c: Pl. 10 Image free from copyright
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"Robin and Vogt 1997: 189 (photo)"
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Translations:
1S²rḥʿṯt Yʾmn, of the family Ḏrnḥ, masters of the house ʾḥrm, ʾqwl of the tribe Ḏmr, 2fraction of Qs²mm, built, laid the foundations, constructed, completed and repaired their fortress 3Tʿrmn, all its houses, its towers, its wall and its two cisterns, 4after that ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb, king of Sabaʾ, burned it and damaged when there was a war 5between the kings of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān and their armies, before this day. They completed all 6its reconstruction in less than two months, when there was a negotiation; they repaired it with the aid of ʿṯtr S²rqn, 7of Wgl [or: Wll], of S¹mydʿ, of their two gods ʿṯtr ʿzzm of Gʾwbm, Lord of the temple Ṭrr and ḏt 8Bʿdnm and their two tutelary deities Rymn and S²ms¹m; with the aid of their lord S²mr Yhḥmd, 9king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, and with the aid and the resources of their tribe Ḏmr, fraction of Qs²mm.
Chronological
Period: D
Physical
Support: Object → Stone piece
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 45, w. 112
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Monogram Name: Ḏrnḥ
Subject Level 1: Monogram
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Symbol Reference: King
Symbol Reference Text: Ḥimyarite symbol
Subject Level 1: Plant
Subject Level 2: Rosette
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Southern Middle Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Construction text
Writing Techniques: Relief
Spatial
Site: Bayt as-Ṣaʾidī, Ṣanʿāʾ, Yemen
Ancient Name: Unknown
Deposit:
settlement: Ṣanʿāʾ
institution: The National Museum
private Collection: false
identification Number: YM 2364
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