Bāsh 1+Bāsh 3+Bāsh 4 RES 3968+RES 3979+fragment; Ja 531 D
By kind permission of S. Rijziger
- By kind permission of S. Rijziger
- Bāsalāmah 1990: 123, fig. 43
Image free from copyright - Bāsalāmah 1990: 142, fig. 45
By kind permission of M. Bāsalāmah - Bāsalāmah 1990: 135, fig. 42
By kind permission of M. Bāsalāmah
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Relief | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 Ydm Ydrm w-ʾḫy-(h)↯w S¹ʿdʿṯtr (b)[n]↯w S¹ḫymm [... ... S¹mʿ]—
2 y ṯlṯ ḏ-Hgrm bnyw↯[ w-]hs²qrn mḏqn[t ]↯byt-hmw R(y)[... ...]
| 2 | Garbini restores Ry[mn]. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Ydm Ydrm and his brother S¹ʿdʿṯtr banū S¹ḫymm [... ...] 2 S¹mʿy of the third of Hgrm built and completed the oratory of their house Ry[... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | Bāsh 1: h. 25, w. 42; Bāsh 3: h. 25, w. 30 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Shibām al-Ghirās / Shibām Sukhaym |
| Ancient site | S²bmm |
| Geographical area | Banī Ḥushaysh |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 21-22, 32 (photo and facsimile) | Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1931. Sabäische Inschriften. Rathjens-v. Wissmannsche Südarabischen-Reise. 1. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter. |
| Garbini 1971 b: 538-540, pl. I/a,b,c | Garbini, Giovanni 1971. Frammenti epigrafici sabei. Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli, 31/4: 538-542. |
| Bāsalāmah 1990: 135, 138, 141, figs 42, 43, 45 | Bāsalāmah, Mohammed ʿAbdallah 1990. Šibām al-Ġirās. Sanaʿāʾ: Muʾassasa al-ʿAfīf al-Ṯaqāfiyya. |