Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 3-3.5 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Construction text - fragmentary |
English | |
1 [... ...] they built 2 and laid foundations (or: constructed) [... ...] 3 [... ...] 4 and by their lords... [and committed to] 5 ʿṯtr S²rqn and Tʾlb from [whoever may damage ...]. |
Support type | Stone inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 35, w. 37 |
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 |
Notes | From the village of Biʾr az-Zuqayma, near Shibām Sukhaym. |
Link to site record |
Bauer and Lundin 1998: 12, photo 66 | 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] |