Bāsh 18
Bāsalāmah 1990: 158, fig. 55
By kind permission of M. Bāsalāmah
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 | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [... ... s²ʿb]n S¹mʿy s²lṯ ḏ-[Hgrm ... ...]
2 [... ... s²](y)m-hmw Tʾlb [... ...]
3 [... ...]m ṣlmnhn [... ...]
4 [... ...] Tʾlb ʿb(d)[... ...]
5 [... ...](rs²)[... ...]
6 [... ...]ʾlkrb bn Y[... ...]
7 [... ...](m) b-ḏt ṣdq-(h)[... ...]
8 [... ... s¹tm](l)ʾw b-ʿm-hw [... ...]
9 [... ...] ṣd(q)[... ...]
10 [... ...](grm)[... ...]
| 1 | Note that the ordinal is spelled s²lṯ, as in ancient Sab, instead of the usual middle Sab ṯlṯ. From the syntactic view point, the number is exceptionally at the costruct state (cf. Stein 2003 a: 124, fn. 586, 125, fn. 594). |
| 4 | Traces of a letter f are discernable before the name of the god. Possibly: [b-ḏt hw](f)y Tʾlb. At the end of the line, Bāsalāma reads ʿd[... ...] instead of ʿb[d ... ...]. |
| 5 | The editor does not transcribe the line. |
| 10 | Possibly (H)grm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Shibām al-Ghirās / Shibām Sukhaym |
| Ancient site | S²bmm |
| Geographical area | Banī Ḥushaysh |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bāsalāmah 1990: 157, 158 (fig. 55) | Bāsalāmah, Mohammed ʿAbdallah 1990. Šibām al-Ġirās. Sanaʿāʾ: Muʾassasa al-ʿAfīf al-Ṯaqāfiyya. |