DASI ID: ID: 7611
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Text:
Translations:
1[... ...] Yhṯb descendant of ʿlyn and Ḏḫrm 2[... ...] Bḥḍm servants of the bānū S¹ḫymm 3[... ...] dedicated to their patron Tʾlb Rymm lord of Kbdm 4[... ...] so that Tʾlb Rymm may grant 5[... ...] ʾlkrb to give him the oracular vision (?) 6[... ...] them and make them return (?) to 7[... ...] make return (?) to his servants the bānū 8Bḥḍm [... ...]
Translation Notes:
6,7The sense of the lines is very uncertain, due to the several meanings of the verb hgbʾ: make return, transfer, render justice, restore.
Chronological
Period: D (conjectural)
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Base → Of statue with dedicatory inscription
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 29.8, w. 20.7, th. 12.5
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
Spatial
Site: Shibām al-Ghirās / Shibām Sukhaym, Ṣanʿāʾ, Yemen
Ancient Name: S²bmm
Type of Site: Settlement
Deposit:
settlement: Roma
institution: Museo Nazionale d’Arte Orientale “Giuseppe Tucci”
private Collection: false
identification Number: MNAO 10326/11520
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