DASI ID: ID: 872
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"By kind permission of GOAM"
Text:
Translations:
1[...]ṯt son of Nbʿm dedicated to his Lord 2Bʿl Fqḥnm, this incense burner [because] 3[... ...] what he implored Him, and may He continue to save [... ...] 4[... ...] this day [... ...]
Chronological
Period: D
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Incense burner
Materials: Stone
Shape: With truncated pyramidal base
Measures: h. 21, w. 31, th. 13
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Symbol Shape: Crescent moon and disc with base
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Subject Level 1: Geometric motif
Subject Level 2: False window
Letter Measure: 3.2
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Southern Middle Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text (conjectural)
Writing Techniques: Incision
Spatial
Site: Unknown (al-Ḥadāʾ), Yemen
Ancient Name: Unknown
Deposit:
settlement: Dhamār
institution: University Museum
private Collection: false
identification Number: ThUM 68
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