CSAI

Corpus of Sabaic Inscriptions (work in progress)


Bāsalāmah 1990: 147, fig. 49
By kind permission of M. Bāsalāmah

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueRelief
Textual typologyConstruction text - fragmentary

TEXT


   1  [... ... S¹ḫ](y)mm hwṯrw w-[... ...]
   2  [... ...]m w-b s²ʿb-hmw[ ... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 35, w. 37
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteShibām al-Ghirās / Shibām Sukhaym
Ancient siteS²bmm
Geographical areaBanī Ḥushaysh
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 36 (facsimile)Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1931. Sabäische Inschriften. Rathjens-v. Wissmannsche Südarabischen-Reise. 1. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter.
Bāsalāmah 1990: 145, 147 (fig. 49)Bāsalāmah, Mohammed ʿAbdallah 1990. Šibām al-Ġirās. Sanaʿāʾ: Muʾassasa al-ʿAfīf al-Ṯaqāfiyya.
Garbini 1970 d: 403, pl. 12/aGarbini, Giovanni 1970. Antichità yemenite [I]. Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli, 30/3: 400-404.