Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
The text is identical to that of RES 4659. |
2-6 | Integrations on the basis of RES 4659. |
English | |
1 [...] and Bfrm and S²mr and [...] 2 and S²krm of the family ʿfs²m [vassals of the family S¹]- 3 ḫymm dedicated to their lord [Qynn], 4 God of Ḫs¹ʾm and ʾmwt, [two statues]; 5 may He grant them prosperity [and safety and good-] 6 will of their lords, the family S¹ḫy[mm and their tribe]. |
Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 30; w. 29 |
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 | Religious context: Temple of the god Qynn |
Link to site record |
Bauer and Lundin 1998: 13, fig. 69 | Bauer, Gleb M. and Lundin (=Loundine), Avraam G. 1998. Pamjatniki Drevnej Istorii i Kultury. Južnaja Aravija. Part 2: Epigraficheskie pamjiatniki drevnego Jemena. 2. St.-Petersburg: Zentr "Peterburgskoe vostokovedenie". [Akademia nauk, Institut Vostokovedenija, Sankt-Peterburgskiy filial] |