Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic |
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
Script typology | Monumental writing |
Writing technique | Incision |
Textual typology | Construction text |
2 | N. Rhodokanakis (1936) considers qry as the name of ngr. |
English | |
1 Ys²rḥʾl ʾs¹rʾ, son of S¹ḫymm, dig out their control dyke [... ...] 2 channels, secondary canals, passages for water and the irrigation of their cultivated land [... ...] |
Support type | Stone inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 40, w. 1.30 |
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 | Agricultural irrigation context |
Notes | Reemployed in a mosque. |
Link to site record |
Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 17-21, n. 1, photo and facsimile | Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1931. Sabäische Inschriften. Rathjens-v. Wissmannsche Südarabischen-Reise. 1. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter. |
Rhodokanakis 1936: 21-22 | Rhodokanakis, Nikolaus 1936. Zur Interpretation Altsüdarabischer Inschriften I. Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, 43: 21-76. |
Jamme 1955 e: 126 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1955. Inscriptions sud-arabes de la collection Ettore Rossi. Rivista degli Studi Orientali, 30: 103-130. |