DASI ID: ID: 8956

Schaffer 1972: pl. IV/8 Image free from copyright
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Translations:
1S¹ʿds²ms¹m Yʾzm and his brother Brg Yhrḥb 2and […]nn, of the family Btʿ and Hmdn, ʾqwl of the tribe of S¹m- 3ʿy, the two thirds of Ḥmln and Ḥs²dm, dedicated to their Patron, 4Tʾlb Rymm, Lord of Tʿrt, four statues in praise 5because Tʾlb Rymm bestowed on them all divine favours they ask- 6ed Him for; and may Tʾlb Rymm continue to bestow on them and 7grant His servants, the family Btʿ and Hmdn, all divine favours 8they will ask Him for; and in praise because Tʾlb Rymm helped and saved, 9His two servants, S¹ʿds²ms¹m and Brg, of the family Btʿ 10and Hmdn and their two tribes Ḥmln and Ḥs²d, as [… ... 11… ... Rḥbtn from the town Mrb [… … 12in the month of ʾbhy, (that) of the insurrection which raised [ … …] 13[… …] in that military campaign; and may [… …]
Chronological
Period: D (conjectural)
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Base → Of statue with dedicatory inscription
Letter Measure: 3 (ll. 1-8); 2.5 (ll. 9-13)
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
Concordances: A 339, Gr 207
Spatial
Site: Jabal Riyām, Ṣanʿāʾ, Yemen
Ancient Name: Trʿt
Type of Site: Religious area
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