DASI ID: ID: 9986
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"Bāʿalyān 2015: 40"
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"Bāʿalyān 2015: 41"
Text:
Translations:
1Rbʾwm [... ...] 2and S²rḥṯt of the family 3S²ʿrn dedicated to ʾlmqh 4Ṯhwn, the Lord of ʾwm, the statue; 5may ʾlmqh grant them 6prosperity, the satisfaction and the goodwill 7of their lord ʾls²rḥ, the king 8of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydan, and his son 9Wtrm. By ʿṯtr, Hbs, 10ʾlmqh, ḏt Ḥmym, 11ḏt Bʿdnm and by the sun-deity of the king.
Chronological
Period: D
Range: 101 BCE - 300 CE
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Base → Of statue with dedicatory inscription
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 43, w. 12, th. 13
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Symbol Shape: Totschläger
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Symbol Reference: God
Symbol Reference Text: ʾlmqh
Letter Measure: 3.5
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Central Middle Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text
Writing Techniques: Incision
Spatial
Site: Maḥram Bilqīs, Maʾrib, Yemen
Ancient Name: ʾwm
Type of Site: Religious area with a necropolis
Deposit:
settlement: Aden
institution: Military Museum
private Collection: false
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