CIAS 35.21/o 6 ST 2
CIAS: i, 31
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 1.3 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 Yfʿm w-Ḏk—
2 rʾl bny S¹m—
3 hrm hqn<y>w ʿ—
4 zyn ṣlmtn
5 t-hmw b-ms¹ʾl
| 4-5 | Beeston suggests to emend < k-wqh>t-hmw, assuming a mistake of the engraver. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Yfʿm and Ḏkrʾl, 2 banū S¹mhrm, 3 dedicated to ʿzyn 4 the statue [as She ordered] 5 them in the oracle. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, Ministry of Tourism, ST 2 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of head |
| Material | Alabaster |
| Measures | h. 14.5 (all), 9.5 (base), w. 8.3, th. 6.3 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Shibām al-Ghirās / Shibām Sukhaym |
| Ancient site | S²bmm |
| Geographical area | Banī Ḥushaysh |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| CIAS: i, 31-33 (photo) | Beeston, Alfred F.L., Pirenne, Jacqueline and Robin, Christian J. 1977-1986. Corpus des inscriptions et antiquités sud-arabes: Vol. I (1977): Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités; Vol. II (1986): Le Musée d’Aden. Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités. Louvain: Peeters. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres] |