DASI ID: ID: 756
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"By kind permission of GOAM"
Text:
Translations:
1Bs¹l son of Ḫtn, qyn of Nbṭʿly and of Kamna, dedicated to Nbʿl S²bʿn, when he offered a sacrifice to Mdhww, by the command of Nbʿl and of ʿṯtr Ḥgr, at the time of Nbṭʿly and of Wqhʾb.Chronological
Period: A
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Altar
Materials: Stone
Shape: Squared
Measures: h. 40, w. 80, th. 50
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Subject Level 1: Geometric motif
Subject Level 2: Dentils
Subject Level 1: Geometric motif
Subject Level 2: False window
Figurative Subjects:
Subject Level 1: Animal
Subject Level 2: Ibex
Human Gender: Woman
Human Clothes:
Tunic
Shawl
Human Gestures:
Standing
Arms raised
Subject Level 1: Human figure
Human Jewellery:
Necklace
Pendant
Part Of Human Body: Complete figure
Symbol Shape: Crescent moon
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Symbol Reference: God
Symbol Reference Text: Nbʿl
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Minaic → Central Minaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text
Writing Techniques: Incision
Spatial
Site: Kamna, al-Jawf, Yemen
Ancient Name: Kmnhw
Type of Site: Settlement
Deposit:
settlement: Ṣanʿāʾ
institution: Military Museum
private Collection: false
identification Number: MM 3630
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