DASI ID: ID: 9207
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"al-Aġbarī, Fahmī ʿAlī al-Aġbarī 2015: 2, fig. 1"
Text:
Translations:
1S¹ʿdwdm, son of Hwfʾl, 2dedicated to ḏ-S¹mwy, Lord of 3Byn, this offering, 4as he promised Him when he was banned 5in Byn from his 6Lord. So might the will of ḏ-S¹mwy 7be generous for everything that he 8will ask Him. And in fact He fulfilled him.
Translation Notes:
4-8ʾḏ s¹tḥrm b-Byn mn mrʾ-hw f-l tʿs¹mn ʾdn ḏ-S¹mwy l-kl ḏ-yktrbn-hw f-s¹mʿ-hw: "when he asked help in Byn from his Lord. And may be often repeated the protection of ḏ-S¹mwy on what he will ask Him. And He fulfills him" (al-Aġbarī F. 2015).
Chronological
Period: C
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Plaque → With framework
Materials: Bronze
Measures: h. 24, w. 18
Decorations:
Type Level 1: Framework
Figurative Subjects:
Subject Level 1: Geometric motif
Subject Level 2: Triangles
Symbol Shape: Letter Ḏ
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Symbol Reference: God
Symbol Reference Text: ḏ-S¹mwy
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Northern Middle Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text
Writing Techniques: Cast
Spatial
Site: Kharibat Hamdān, al-Jawf, Yemen
Ancient Name: Hrm
Type of Site: Settlement
Deposit:
settlement: Ṣanʿāʾ
institution: Military Museum
private Collection: false
identification Number: MṢM 7249
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