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Bāsh 22
Bāsalāmah 1990: 160, fig. 56
By kind permission of M. Bāsalāmah
By kind permission of M. Bāsalāmah
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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TEXT
1 [ḏ](k)r (b)[n](y) (S¹)ḫymm k-yḏbḥnn S²(ms¹m) s²ms¹ ṣy—
2 [.. ](ṯ)n(y) (ḏ)(bḥy)n l-mʾt wʿlm ḏ-yhrgn (ʾs¹)m ʾs¹m l-
3 (ʿ)br-hw l-mʾt wʿlm l-ʿbr-h
| 1 | Bāsalāma: [... ...]krb bny S¹ḫymm k-yḏbḥhn S²ms¹m S²ms¹ ṣy[... ...] |
| 2 | Bāsalāma: [... ...]ṯny d[..]yn l-mʾt wʿlm ḏ-yhrgn ʾs¹m ʾs¹m l[... ...]. Possible integration at the beginning of the line: [dn], so to restore the word ṣydn. |
| 3 | Bāsalāma: [... ...]br-hw l-mʾt wʿlm l-ʿbr-h |
| 2, 3 | l-ʿbr instead of the more usual b-ʿbr. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Declaration of the banū S¹ḫymm: two sacrifices must be made to S²ms¹m, 2 the solar deity of (the hunt ?): up to hundred ibexes, to be slaughtered one by one, 3 on his responsibility (?), up to hundred ibexes on her responsibility (?). |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Rock |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Shibām al-Ghirās / Shibām Sukhaym |
| Ancient site | S²bmm |
| Geographical area | Banī Ḥushaysh |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bāsalāmah 1990: 159, 160 (fig. 56) | Bāsalāmah, Mohammed ʿAbdallah 1990. Šibām al-Ġirās. Sanaʿāʾ: Muʾassasa al-ʿAfīf al-Ṯaqāfiyya. |