DASI ID: ID: 9083
Schmidt 1982 d: 98, fig. 30 Image free from copyright
Text:
Translations:
1Yqdmʾl, Priest of Wd- 2m, dedicated ʾlkbr. And by 3Yṯʿʾmr, by Ḏmrʿly, by ʾlkrb, by 4Ns²ʾyfʿ.
Chronological
Period: A
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Altar
Materials: Alabaster
Shape: Squared
Measures: h. 30, w. 23, th. 13
Decorations:
Type Level 1: Framework
Figurative Subjects:
Subject Level 1: Geometric motif
Subject Level 2: Dentils
Type Level 1: Framework
Type Level 2: With abstract-figurative elements
Figurative Subjects:
Symbol Shape: Snake
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Symbol Reference: God
Symbol Reference Text: Wd
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Early Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Script Cursus: Boustrophedon
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text
Writing Techniques: Incision
Spatial
Site: Jabal Balaq al-Qiblī - Samsara, Maʾrib, Yemen
Ancient Name: Unknown
Type of Site: Religious area
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