DASI ID: ID: 996
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"Arbach and Schiettecatte 2006: pl. 4/9"
Text:
Translations:
1Ḍmdm ḏ-ʿṣbn, servant of Mlkwqh, dedicated to ḏt Ns²qm, 2the goddess of Byḥn, his wife Gnʾt and all his children; by Wdm, 3ʾrnydʿ, ḏ-Grb and ḏt Ns²qm and by Mlkwqh, 4Lḥyʿṯt and Ḫlʾns¹, the one of his town.
Chronological
Period: A
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Slab
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 81, w. 130
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Monogram Name: ʿṣbn
Subject Level 1: Monogram
Symbol Shape: Letter B
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Figurative Subjects:
Subject Level 1: Plant
Subject Level 2: Ears of corn
Letter Measure: 7
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Early Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text
Writing Techniques: Incision
Spatial
Site: as-Sawdāʾ, al-Jawf, Yemen
Ancient Name: Ns²n
Type of Site: Settlement
Deposit:
settlement: Ṣanʿāʾ
institution: The National Museum
private Collection: false
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