| Support type | Stone inscription | ||||||||
| Material | Stone | ||||||||
| Measures | h. 42, w. 120 | ||||||||
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| Modern site | Shibām-Kawkabān |
| Ancient site | S²bm |
| Geographical area | al-Maḥwīt |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Archaeological context | Urban context: Private house Ḥḍrn |
| Notes | The stone inscription is reemployed as a part of pillar inside the mosque of Shibām Kawkabān. |
| Link to site record |
| Title | Šibām Kawkabān 1 |
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic |
| Link to epigraph record |
| Sholan and Gajda 2015: figs 1-4 | Sholan, Amida and Gajda, Iwona 2015. A new Ḥimyaritic inscription from Šibām Kawkabān dated to the year 487 of the Ḥimyaritic era. Pages 161-169 in Iris Gerlach (ed.). South Arabia and its neighbours. Phenomena of intercultural contacts. 14. Rencontres Sabéennes. (Archäologische Berichte aus dem Yemen, 14). Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag. |