Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Relief | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Construction text - fragmentary (conjectural) |
Probably a text related to a tomb construction. |
Support type | Stone inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 28, w. 43 (Tazzer 11); h. 28, w. 49 (Tazzer 12) |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Shibām al-Ghirās / Shibām Sukhaym |
Ancient site | S²bmm |
Geographical area | Banī Ḥushaysh |
Country | Yemen |
Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
Archaeological context | Funerary context: Tomb |
Notes | The inscription was reeployed in the tower-house at the beginning of the rise to the castle Ḥuṣn ḏū Marmar. |
Link to site record |
Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 26-28, n. 7, facsimile | Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1931. Sabäische Inschriften. Rathjens-v. Wissmannsche Südarabischen-Reise. 1. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter. |
Lundin 1969: 18, fig. 2 | Lundin (=Loundine), Avraam G. 1969. Novye južnoarabskie nadpisi muzeja v Ṣanʿa (II). Epigrafika Vostoka, 19: 14-20. |