DASI ID: ID: 8139
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"By kind permission of Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien"
Text:
Translations:
1Nhmm and his son Whbʾwm, of the family Rymn, built and laid the foundations and completed the audience chamber 2Rḥbn in their city Nmrn, and dug out, cased with stones and constructed their well Rwym. By 3ʿṯtr and Hbs¹, and by ʾlmqh, and by ḏt Ḥmym, and by ḏt Bʿdnm, and by Wdm ḏ-Myfʿn and by their solar deity, 4the Mistress of Hrn, and by the lord of the sanctuary Rymn; and by their lord Ḏmrʿly Byn, king of Sabaʾ, son of 5Ydʿʾl Wtr, and by his son Krbʾl Wtr; and by their tribe of the city of Nmrn. And they committed their audience chamber to 6ʿṯtr S²rqn. 7Wd is father.
Chronological
Period: C
Physical
Support: Object → Stone piece
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 45, w. 54 (Sem 667), 66 (Sem 665), 21.5 (Sem 666), th. 10
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Monogram Name: Nhmm
Subject Level 1: Monogram
Monogram Name: Whbʾwm
Subject Level 1: Monogram
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Central Middle Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Construction text
Writing Techniques: Incision
Spatial
Site: Bayt Nimrān, al-Jawf, Yemen
Ancient Name: Nmrn
Type of Site: Modern site with reemployed inscriptions or artefacts
Deposit:
settlement: Wien
institution: Kunsthistorisches Museum
private Collection: false
identification Number: Sem 667+Sem 665+Sem 666
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