DASI ID: ID: 7553
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"Gajda 2013: 64, fig. 1"
Text:
Translations:
1Rbs²ms¹m Nmrn, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, dedicated to [... ...] 2Tʾlb Rymm, the Lord of Rḥbn, the statue in praise because [... ...] 3Tʾlb Rymm, the Lord of Rḥbn, in life and in abundance [... ...] 4who satisfied them; in praise because Tʾlb Rymm, the Lord of 5Rḥbn, granted and gave favours to His servant Rbs²ms¹m, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, during the expedition [... ...] 6when they made an expedition to the land of Ḥimyar, during the war between the kings of Sabaʾ 7and ḏu-Raydān, and Tʾlb Rymm, the Lord of Rḥbn, granted them to march and conquer and [... ...] 8he forced numerous cities and fortresses in all the land of Ḥimyar to capitulate, and he came back [... ...] 9their army in glory, in triumph and in good health and with numerous [... ...] 10the divine decisions, which satisfied them; because He granted them [... ...] 11soldiers from the tribe of ḏu-Raydān in the fortress [... ...] 12[... ...]
Chronological
Period: D
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Base → Of statue with dedicatory inscription
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 64, w. 56
Letter Measure: 4
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Central Middle Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text (conjectural)
Writing Techniques: Incision
Royal Inscription: Yes
Spatial
Site: Jabal Riyām, Ṣanʿāʾ, Yemen
Ancient Name: Trʿt
Type of Site: Religious area
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