DASI ID: ID: 8513
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"CIAS: i, 209"
Rathjens 1955: 148, figs 232-235 Image free from copyright
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"CIAS: i, 207"
Text:
Translations:
1[... ...] the third of Ḥmln and his servants of the tribe ḏ-Hgrn [... ...] dedicated to their patron [... ...] 2[... ...] in His oracle, in praise because He granted them and conceded in relation to His servants [... ...] 3[... ...] from the vegetable crops of the land ḏ-Frmmm which they will pay [... ...] once a year [... ...] 4[... ...]
Translation Notes:
2Beeston in CIAS: "He granted them and assigned from, and incumbent upon".
Jamme: "He [=the god] has vouchsafed to them to levy from and upon".
Chronological
Period: D (conjectural)
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Base → Of statue with dedicatory inscription
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 20, w. 60, th. 80
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Subject Level 1: Geometric motif
Subject Level 2: Dentils
Subject Level 1: Geometric motif
Subject Level 2: Horizontal grooves
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: Ḥāz, Ṣanʿāʾ, Yemen
Ancient Name: Ḥzym
Type of Site: Settlement
Deposit:
settlement: Ṣanʿāʾ
institution: The National Museum
private Collection: false
identification Number: YM 281
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