Ry 548

• Superior document: Glass plate negatives and -positives, photographs, negatives, film reels
• Series: Glass plate negatives and -positives, photographs, negatives, film reels
• Notes: The writing of the deity's name as Dhū-Samī, in contrast to the convential Dhū-Samāwī, occurs twice in this inscription, in Lines 2 and 7. This suggests that what we have here is not a freak accident but an alternative form of this deity's name, perhaps reflecting a local dialectal feature.

1.Rathadshamsum Rakbân has dedicated2.to Dhû-Samî, god of ʾAmîrum, lord of3.Watrum, this bronze (statuette of a) female camel, the name of which is ʾA-4.shfâfum, because his lord granted him5. success in his year6.as a (?) […], and because he returned in safety7.from the land of Ḥimyar. And may Dhû-Samî8.continue to grant him the esteem and9.good pleasure of his two lords ʾخlsharaḥ Ya-10.ḥḍub and his brother Yaʾzil Bayyin, the two11.kings of Sabaʾ and Dhû-Raydân, sons of Fari-12.ʿum Yanhub, king of Sabaʾ. And may he con-13.tinue to grant him [... ...].

1.rṯdšmsm | r(k)bn | hqny2.ḏ-smy | ʾlh | ʾmrm | bʿl3.wtrm | ʾbltn | ḏt | sm-hw | ʾ=4.šffm | ḏt | ḏhbm | l-ḏt | ḫmr-h=5.w | mrʾ-hw | sbq | b-ḫr(f-)hw6.[...]mn | w-b-ḏt | ʾtw | b-wf=7.ym | bn | ʾrḍ | ḥmyrm | w-l-w=8.[z]ʾ | ḏ-smy | ḫmr-hw | ḥẓy | w-9.[r]ḍw | mrʾy-hw | ʾlšrḥ | y=10.ḥḍb | w-ʾḫy-hw | yʾzl | byn | m=11.lky | sbʾ | w-ḏ-rydn | bny | fr=12.ʿm | ynhb | mlk | sbʾ | w-l | [w=]13.[zʾ] | ḫmr-(h)[w | ..]w | (ʾ)[.](ḥ)[...]