Gr 56 Shibām Suḫaym 6
Bauer and Lundin 1998: 188, fig. 64 a
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- Bauer and Lundin 1998: 188, fig. 64 a
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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 | 4 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [...](brg w)-(brgt)[...w-bny]-
2 hmw Ġwṯm w-S²blm w-S¹ʿd[... ...] [... ...]—
3 n ʾdm bny Wrkn w-Qrẓn b[nyw byt-hm]—
4 w Dṯʾ b-rdʾ ʿṯtr S²rqn w-s²[ʿb-hmw...w]-
5 b-rdʾ ʾmrʾ-hmw ʾlwfd Yḍ(ʿ) [... ... Wrk]—
6 n w-Qrẓn w-rṯdw by(t)-(h)[mw...]
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... .... and their sons] 2 Ġwṯn, S²blm and S¹ʿd[...], 3 subjects of the families Wrkn and Qrẓn, [built their house] 4 Dṯʾ with the help of ʿṯtr S²rqn and their tribe [... and] 5 with the help of their lords ʾlwfd Yḍ[ʿ ... Wrkn] 6 and Qrẓn and they committed their house [...]. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 28, w. 62 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Shibām al-Ghirās / Shibām Sukhaym (Al-ʿAsarī, surroundings of Shibām Sukhaym) |
| Ancient site | S²bmm |
| Geographical area | Banī Ḥushaysh |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Archaeological context | Urban context: Private house Dṯʾ |
| Notes | Reemployed in a wall of a watchtower. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bauer and Lundin 1998: 10-11, figs 64 a-b | 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] |