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Chronology between period C and D. The text is likely related to the construction of a private house.
[... ...]1 [... ... ʾ]ḫṣb b-ʿly ṣrḥt-hmw Lʾt[... ...] 2 [..] w-ṯny ms¹qfn ms²rqy w-mʿrby hyt ṣr—3 ḥtn b-rbʿ-[hmw] Yhʿn w-b S²ms¹-hmw 4 bʿlt Ġḍ[rn ... ...]
Apparatus 0-1 by]t-hmw (CIH); ʾḫṣb is the name of the house according to this reading. 3 b-rbʿ-[hmw] Yhʿn is an integration by Robin (1982 a: 137, note 194); CIH reads b-rḍʿ [mrʾ-hmw]. 4 See CIH 573: 2, 6 for Ġḍrn as a sanctuary; in CIH 375=Ja 550: 1, 2 that is a name of goddess.
Provenance Modern site Shibām-Kawkabān Ancient site S²bm Geographical area al-Maḥwīt Country Yemen Found Reemployed. In modern times Link to site record
Robin 1982 a Robin, Christian J. 1982. Les hautes-terres du Nord-Yémen avant l'Islam . (2 vols), (Uitgaven van het Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut te Istanbul, 50). Istanbul: Nederlands Historisch-Archaelogisch Instituut te Istanbul.