RES 3967 RW 59; Tazzer 6; Ja 531 C
Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 17, n. 1
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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 |
| Textual typology | Construction text |
TEXT
1 [Y]s²rḥʾl ʾs¹rʿ bn S¹ḫymm hʿs¹ʾ mʾḫḏ-hmw [... ...]
2 ʾnhr w-fnwy w-ʾnqb w-ms¹qy ngr-hmw qry[... ...]
| 2 | N. Rhodokanakis (1936) considers qry as the name of ngr. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Ys²rḥʾl ʾs¹rʾ, son of S¹ḫymm, dig out their control dyke [... ...] 2 channels, secondary canals, passages for water and the irrigation of their cultivated land [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 40, w. 1.30 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Shibām al-Ghirās / Shibām Sukhaym |
| Ancient site | S²bmm |
| Geographical area | Banī Ḥushaysh |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Archaeological context | Agricultural irrigation context |
| Notes | Reemployed in a mosque. |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 17-21, n. 1, photo and facsimile | Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1931. Sabäische Inschriften. Rathjens-v. Wissmannsche Südarabischen-Reise. 1. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter. |
| Rhodokanakis 1936: 21-22 | Rhodokanakis, Nikolaus 1936. Zur Interpretation Altsüdarabischer Inschriften I. Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, 43: 21-76. |
| Jamme 1955 e: 126 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1955. Inscriptions sud-arabes de la collection Ettore Rossi. Rivista degli Studi Orientali, 30: 103-130. |