Garbini 1980: pl. 1/2
Garbini 1980: pl. 1/2
Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 32, n. 12
Language Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic Alphabet Ancient South Arabian Script typology Monumental writing Writing technique Relief Measure of letters 12.5
1 [... ...] ʿṯtr Rfʾn [... ...]2 [... ...mrʾ-h]mw Nbṭʾl [... ...]
Apparatus 1 According to G. Garbini (1980), the meaning of the god Epithet should be traced back to the north-west semitic verbal stem "rfʾ": "the Healer". 2 Mordtmann and Mittwoch (1931) restored at the beginning [b-rdʾ (ʾ)mrʾ-h]mw.
Deposit Roma, Istituto per l'Oriente "C.A. Nallino" Support type Stone inscription Material Stone Measures h. 31, w. 42 Link to object record
Provenance Modern site Shibām al-Ghirās / Shibām Sukhaym Ancient site S²bmm Geographical area Banī Ḥushaysh Country Yemen Found Reemployed. In modern times Notes The inscription was reemployed in the south-eastern tower. Link to site record
Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931 : 32, n. 12, facsimileMordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1931. Sabäische Inschriften . Rathjens-v. Wissmannsche Südarabischen-Reise . 1. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter. Garbini 1980 : 159-160, pl. 1/2Garbini, Giovanni 1980. Antichità sud arabiche presso l'Istituto per l'Oriente - Roma. Oriente Moderno , 60: 159-161. [Studi in onore di Paolo Minganti]