Ja 415 RES 3976
By kind permission of Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale, Rome
- By kind permission of Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale, Rome
- Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 30, fig. 10
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Relief | ||
| Measure of letters | 7.2 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 S¹ʿdm w-ʾḫ-hw w-(bn)[... ... ʾ]—
2 dm bny S¹ḫymm brʾw[ ... ... b-r]—
3 dʾ ʾmrʾ-hmw bny S¹ḫ(y)[mm]
| 1 | w-(bn)[y-hmw ... ...] (Jamme). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 S¹ʿdm and his brother and [their sons? ... ... servants] 2 of the banū S¹ḫymm, built [... ... by the] 3 help of their lords, the banū S¹ḫymm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Roma, Museo Nazionale d’Arte Orientale “Giuseppe Tucci”, inv. 13017/16029 |
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 28.7, w. 48.2, th. 10.5 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Shibām al-Ghirās / Shibām Sukhaym |
| Ancient site | S²bmm |
| Geographical area | Banī Ḥushaysh |
| Country | Yemen |
| Notes | The inscription is said to come from Shibām al-Ghirās. |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 30, fig. 10 | Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1931. Sabäische Inschriften. Rathjens-v. Wissmannsche Südarabischen-Reise. 1. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter. |
| Ansaldi 1933: fig. 94 | Ansaldi, Cesare 1933. Il Yemen nella storia e nella leggenda. (Collezione di opere e di monografie a cura del Ministero delle colonie, 17). Rome: Sindacato italiano arti grafiche. |
| Jamme 1956 a: 26-27, pl. II/415 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1956. Les antiquités sud-arabes du Museo Nazionale Romano. Monumenti antichi, 43: 1-120. |