Bāsh 2 RES 3977
Bāsalāmah 1990: 140, fig. 44
By kind permission of M. Bāsalāmah
By kind permission of M. Bāsalāmah
- Bāsalāmah 1990: 140, fig. 44
By kind permission of M. Bāsalāmah - Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 31 (photo)
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
TEXT
1 [..]ḥm w-ʾḫy-hw S¹ʿd w-Rbs²ms¹—
2 [m ]w-bn-hmw bnw Btʿt ʾdm bny
3 [S¹ḫ]ymm bnyw byt-hmw b-rdʾ s²ym-h—
4 [m]w Tʾlb w-ʾmrʾ-hm[w bny S¹](ḫ)ymm
| 1 | [S²r]ḥm (Mordtmann and Mittwoch). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [..]ḫm and his brothers S¹ʿd and Rbs²ms¹m 2 and their sons banū Btʿt, vassals of the banū 3 S¹ḫymm, built their house, by the help of their patron 4 Tʾlb and their lords the banū S¹ḫymm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| 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: 31 (photo) | Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1931. Sabäische Inschriften. Rathjens-v. Wissmannsche Südarabischen-Reise. 1. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter. |
| Bāsalāmah 1990: 138, fig. 44 | Bāsalāmah, Mohammed ʿAbdallah 1990. Šibām al-Ġirās. Sanaʿāʾ: Muʾassasa al-ʿAfīf al-Ṯaqāfiyya. |