DASI ID: ID: 9942
Text:
Translations:
1Mnʿm dedicated to his mistress, 2the Lady of Mfrs²m, 3this incense burner; may She grant 4him a satisfactory oracular decision (?) and may She grant 5him the safety of his brothers 6and the safety of their children; 7may She grant them spring- 8and autumn-crops in their land; 9may She repel all their enemies.
Chronological
Period: E (conjectural)
Range: 301 BCE - 560 CE
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Incense burner
Materials: Stone
Shape: With truncated pyramidal base
Measures: upper half: h. 23.5, w. 13.9; lower half: max. w. 21.6
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Symbol Shape: Crescent moon and disc with base
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Letter Measure: 2.55
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Late Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text
Spatial
Site: Unknown (Yemen), Yemen
Ancient Name: Unknown
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