DASI ID: ID: 9065
Text:
Translations:
1Yfrʿ and Ḥywm of the family 2Qynn, the two servants of Ġymn, 3dedicated to ʿṯtr, 4Lord of Ḍmd, this tablet 5because ʿṯtr bestowed on them 6four landed properties 7[... ...]
Translation Notes:
6-7For ʾḥllm cf. ḥllt ("landed property"). Usually, ʾḥll means "war spoils", but here the translation proposed by Al-Salami seems more credible.
Chronological
Period: B (conjectural)
Physical
Support: Object → Stone piece
Materials: Stone
Measures: w. 20
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Subject Level 1: Architectural element
Subject Level 2: Niche
Symbol Shape: Crescent moon and disc
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Letter Measure: 3
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Central Middle Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text (conjectural)
Spatial
Site: Madhbaḥ, Ṣanʿāʾ, Yemen
Ancient Name: unknown
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