DASI ID: ID: 95
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"Jändl 2009: 229, pl. X"
Text:
Translations:
1Rbbm Yʾzm, of the family ʾḫrf, dedicated 2to ʾlmqh ḏ-Hrn this tablet, because 3ʾlmqh asked (it) to him in His oracle; 4and because He protected him in his pilgrimage of 5ḏ-Mʿlṣn; and because ʾlmqh granted him 6excellent slaughtering and booty and captives 7in all the battles wherein he assisted his lord Yf- 8rʿ of the family Mrṯdm; and because He delivered his servant 9Rbbm in the attack which he moved against the Arabs 10in the region of Mnhtm; and may He grant the 11goodwill of his lord Yfrʿ and abundance of faculty and 12might; and for what has been favourable and may be favourable to the family ʾ- 13ḫrf.
Translation Notes:
5Mʿlṣn is probably the name of a site (see CIH 93, 2). SD translates mʿlṣn in CIH 352,7 as the substantive "crop-land", but in this case as well it could be a toponym.
9we found in ASA inscriptions ʿrb and ʾʿrb. For Robin 1991-1993 c: 73-74, the first name could be translated "bedouins", the second one "Arabs", Retsö 2003 instead thinks that ʿrb means groups of Arabs indipendent from a South Arabian state, and ʾʿrb were the Arabs dipendent of a South Arabian state.
10the region of Mnhtm is in the upper Jawf, today Ḥizmat Abī Thawr.
Chronological
Period: D
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Plaque → With framework
Materials: Bronze
Measures: h. 37.7, w. 18, th. 0.4
Decorations:
Type Level 1: Framework
Type Level 2: With abstract-figurative elements
Figurative Subjects:
Symbol Shape: Hand
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Letter Measure: 1.6
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Central Middle Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text
Writing Techniques: Cast
Spatial
Site: ʿAmrān, ʿAmrān, Yemen
Ancient Name: ʿmrn
Type of Site: Modern site with reemployed inscriptions or artefacts
Deposit:
settlement: London
institution: The British Museum
private Collection: false
identification Number: BM 48461=1862,1028.9
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