Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | b: 4; w: 1 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Construction text |
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1 | Wqh[...] could be the epithet of Mrṯdm. |
2-3 | nqḍw // nqẓw. |
English | |
1 Nmrm Yfd, and his sons Mrṯdm and Qh[...] and ʿlym, and S¹ʿdʾl 2 of the family Ḫs¹ʾm ḏ-ʾlhn and ʿqrbm, vassals of the family S¹ḫrymm, excavated, 3 built and erected their well Tġl with the favour of their 4 God ʾlhn. And they entrusted their well to the protection of ʾlhn against anyone who might damage. |
Bauer and Lundin 1998: 9-10 fig. 62 | 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] |
Support type | Stone inscription (Gr 54) |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 23 cm; w. 1,71 cm |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Shibām al-Ghirās / Shibām Sukhaym |
Ancient site | S²bmm |
Geographical area | Banī Ḥushaysh |
Country | Yemen |
Notes | From the village of al-ʿAṣarī, near Shibām Sukhaym. |
Link to site record |
Bauer and Lundin 1998: 9-10, fig. 62. | 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] |