DASI ID: ID: 8979
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"By kind permission of Ch. Robin and J. Schiettecatte"
Text:
Translations:
1Ṯnyt, daughter of Yfdʾl, wife of 2Ḥmʿṯt, servant of ʿmkrb and Ys²hrmlk, 3dedicated to ʾlmqh and ḏt 4Ḥmym and ʾldll: Mtʿt and Yʾrn, 5when she offered fragrances (?) to Wdm and (the god) 6was fully satisfied. By the aid of Nbʿl and 7ʾldll and ʿṯtr Ḥgr and ḏt 8Ḥmym and by ʿmkrb and by Ys²hrmlk 9and by Ḥmʿṯt.
Translation Notes:
5ḥl: cf. as-Sawdāʾ 17, l.3. A. Avanzini considers it a collective noun "fragrances" instead of the plural ʾḥl.
Chronological
Period: A
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Stela → Stela with framework
Materials: Stone
Decorations:
Type Level 1: Framework
Figurative Subjects:
Subject Level 1: Geometric motif
Subject Level 2: Horizontal grooves
Subject Level 1: Geometric motif
Subject Level 2: Dentils
Type Level 1: Framework
Type Level 2: With abstract-figurative elements
Figurative Subjects:
View: In profile
Subject Level 1: Animal
Subject Level 2: Ibex
Animal Gestures:
Recumbent
Part Of Animal Body: Complete figure
View: Frontal
Subject Level 1: Animal
Subject Level 2: Bull
Part Of Animal Body: Head
Figurative Subjects:
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Symbol Reference: God
Symbol Reference Text: ʾlmqh
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Minaic → Central Minaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text
Writing Techniques: Incision
Spatial
Site: Kamna, al-Jawf, Yemen
Ancient Name: Kmnhw
Type of Site: Settlement
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