Gr 81 Shibām-Suḫaym 33
Bauer and Lundin 1998: photo 86
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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 | 1.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [...]ḥs²b bnt Ġḍr [ʾm]t ʾlhn [h]qn(yt) mrʾ-h[... ...]
2 [...]rʿt-hw ḥg-n s²ftt-hw k-tfr[.] h[... ...]
3 [...]n [....] s¹ʿd-hmw nʿmtm w-(w)[... ...]
4 [...] wld-h w-wfy-h w-wfy ʾḥṣn-h[ .... w-l-ḫryn-h]
5 [bn bʾ]s¹tm w-[nkym] w-nḍʿ s²n(ʾm)
| 3 | Before s¹ʿd-hmw the editors read ms¹lḥn (non attested elsewhere). Perhaps we can read ʾlhn wrongly written by the scribe. At the end the editors: w-(ʿ)[... ...], but perhaps: w-(w)[fym ...]. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [...]ḥs²b, daughter of Ġḍr, servant of ʾlhn, dedicated to her Lord [... ...] 2 [... ...] as she had promised Him [... ...] 3 [... ...] He granted them favour and [... ...] 4 [... ...] her children, her safety and the safety of her vassals [... ...] 5 [might He deliver her] from misfortune and mischief and harm of any enemy. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 11.3, w. 23 |
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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 |
| Notes | From the village of al-Gīrās, near Shibām Sukhaym. |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bauer and Lundin 1998: 17, photo 86 | 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] |