Gr 67 Shibām-Suḫaym 17
Bauer and Lundin 1998: photo 73
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [... ...b]nw S¹ʿdnh ʾdm (ʾ)[... bnyw ... ...]
2 [... ... byt]-hmw Yfʿm b-rdʾ [... ...]
3 [... ...Mʿd]krb ʾs²wʿ w-bny[... ...]
4 [... ... w-rṯdw byt-hmw Yfʿ]m Qynn ʾlh Ḫs¹ʾm b[n kl mhbʾs¹m]
| 1 | bnyw integration by the editors. |
| 4 | b[n kl mhbʾs¹m]: integration by the editors. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... of the fa]mily S¹ʿdnh, vassals of ʾ[... built ...] 2 [... their] house Yʿfm by the help [...] 3 [... Mʿd]krb ʾs²wʿ and the sons [...] 4 [... and committed their house Yʿf]m to Qynn god of Ḫs¹ʾm fr[om whoever may damage]. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 28, w. 36 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Shibām al-Ghirās / Shibām Sukhaym |
| Ancient site | S²bmm |
| Geographical area | Banī Ḥushaysh |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bauer and Lundin 1998: 14, photo 73 | 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] |