DASI ID: ID: 9959
Jamme 1955 e: pl. 1 Image free from copyright
Text:
Translations:
1... S¹ʿfm ... 2... dedicated to his Lord] ḏ-S¹my, the God 3of ʾmrm.......] S²ʿabm, the statue of 4bronze ....] and his votive object for his safety 5and the safety of ...] and of his camels (?) [... ...]
Translation Notes:
5According to A.F.L. Beeston (Beeston 1979 b: 96) the term "ʾmṣr" could refer to some kind of camel; Jamme translated "auxiliaires".
Chronological
Period: D (conjectural)
Range: 101 BCE - 300 CE
Physical
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 10, w. 10
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Central Middle Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text (conjectural)
Concordances: Rossi 16
Spatial
Site: Shuʿūb, Ṣanʿāʾ - Amānat al-ʿÂṣima, Yemen
Ancient Name: S²ʿbm
Type of Site: Settlement
Deposit:
settlement: Ṣanʿāʾ
institution: The National Museum
private Collection: false
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