Bauer and Lundin 1998: 197, fig. 81 b Image free from copyright
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
Language Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
Alphabet Ancient South Arabian
Script typology Monumental writing
Writing technique Incision
Measure of letters 4
Chronology
Textual typology Construction text - fragmentary
TEXT marker
1 ʾlhb w-ʾhy-h[w ] [... ...]— 2 ʿs¹m nqzw w-[... ... b]— 3 ʿl Ḥdṯm w-b-s²ms¹-[... ...] 4 w-rṯdw mqbr-h[mw ] [... ...]— 5 bmm bn mhbʾ[s¹m ]
Apparatus 3 Probably, in this contest the s²ms¹ word isn't the god's name, but the noun "solar deity".
TRANSLATIONSEnglish 1 ʾlhb and his brother [... ...]
2 excavated and [... ...]
3 Lord of Ḥdṯm, and by [their] solar deity [... ...]
4 and they committed to the protection [their] graves [... ...]
5 against anyone causing damage [... ...]
OBJECT INFORMATION ORIGIN AND PROVENANCEProvenance 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 Link to site record
BIBLIOGRAPHYBauer and Lundin 1998 : 16, figs 81 a-bBauer, 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]