Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 3 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
6-7 | ḫ[ryft] (CIAS). |
7 | b[ʿl b] (CIAS). |
9 | ... ġs¹t-h[w] (CIAS). |
English | |
1 Hs²mr and his son Mʿdʾlof the family [.]- 2 ms³yn and Yṣrb of ʿmdm clients of 3 the banū Sḫymm dedicated to their Patron Tʾlb 4 at Kbdm this statue, because Tʾlb 5 aided Hs²mr with ʿṯtr Lord of B- 6 [... ...] he had suffered from eye disease for five 7 [years?], and ʿṯtr Lord of B[... ...] cured him 8 [... ...] |
8 | (? of his wretched condition?) (Beeston in CIAS). |
CIAS: 190 | Beeston, Alfred F.L., Pirenne, Jacqueline and Robin, Christian J. 1977-1986. Corpus des inscriptions et antiquités sud-arabes: Vol. I (1977): Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités; Vol. II (1986): Le Musée d’Aden. Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités. Louvain: Peeters. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres] |
Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 281=AM 391 |
Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 30, w. 33, th. 27 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Shibām al-Ghirās / Shibām Sukhaym |
Ancient site | S²bmm |
Geographical area | Banī Ḥushaysh |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Tʾlb ʿdy Kbdm |
Link to site record |
CIAS: ii, 189-191, photo | Beeston, Alfred F.L., Pirenne, Jacqueline and Robin, Christian J. 1977-1986. Corpus des inscriptions et antiquités sud-arabes: Vol. I (1977): Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités; Vol. II (1986): Le Musée d’Aden. Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités. Louvain: Peeters. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres] |