Gr 74 Shibām-Suḫaym 26
Bauer and Lundin 1998: photo 80/a
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- Bauer and Lundin 1998: photo 80/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 | 5.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [s²ʿb]n S¹mʿy s²lṯ ḏ-[Hgrm hqnyw]
2 [s²]ym-hmw Tʾlb [Rymm bʿl ]
3 [Kbd]m ṣlmnhn [ḥmdm b-ḏt]
4 [... hw]fy Tʾlb ʿb[... ...]
5 [.]w[...] rs²w-h[mw ... ...]
6 [...] ʾlkrb ḏn y[... ...]
7 [w-ḥmd]m b-ḏt ṣdq-h[mw b-kl]
8 [ʾmlʾ s¹t]mlʾw b-ʿm-hw [w-l-ḏt]
9 [yzʾn Tʾlb] ṣdq-[hmw ... ...]
10 [... ...]ʾlrm[... ...]
| 1-10 | Integrations by the editors. |
| 4 | At the end we can integrate: ʿb[d-hw. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 The tribe S¹mʿy, the third of Hgrm dedicated 2 to their Patron Tʾb Rymm, the Lord of 3 Kbdm, two statues in praise because 4 Tʾb granted to His servant 5 [... ...] 6 and in paise because He bestowed on them all 7 the favours they sought from Him and because 8 Tʾlb might continue to fulfil an obligation towards them [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 71, w. 52, th. 41 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| 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: Temple Kbdm of Tʾlb. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bauer and Lundin 1998: 15, photos 80 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] |