DASI: Digital Archive for the Study of pre-islamic arabian Inscriptions: Epigraph details

Bāsalāmah 1990: 146, fig. 48; By kind permission of M. Bāsalāmah

Bāsalāmah 1990: 146, fig. 48
By kind permission of M. Bāsalāmah

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

Language	Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
Alphabet	Ancient South Arabian
Script typology	Monumental writing
Writing technique	Relief
Textual typology	Construction text - fragmentary

TEXT

Apparatus

2	The text probably continued on further lines.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support type	Stone inscription
Material	Stone
Measures	h. 22, w. 40
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance

Modern site	Shibām al-Ghirās / Shibām Sukhaym
Ancient site	S²bmm
Geographical area	Banī Ḥushaysh
Country	Yemen
Found	Reemployed. In modern times
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 35-36 (photo)	Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1931. Sabäische Inschriften. Rathjens-v. Wissmannsche Südarabischen-Reise. 1. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter.
Bāsalāmah 1990: 145, 146 (fig. 48)	Bāsalāmah, Mohammed ʿAbdallah 1990. Šibām al-Ġirās. Sanaʿāʾ: Muʾassasa al-ʿAfīf al-Ṯaqāfiyya.