Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Relief | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Construction text - fragmentary |
English | |
1 [...]rḥ and his sons, of the family [S²s³]ʿm, vassals of the family S¹ḫymm, founded and completed 2 [their house] Ġyl. By Tʾlb Rymm and their lords the family S¹ḫymm, and [...] 3 [...], and they entrusted their house to the protection of ʿṯtr S²rqn against anyone who might damage. |
Support type | Stone inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 28,5 cm; w. 140 cm; th. 20 cm |
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 |
Notes | From the village of Gāḍrān, near Shibām Sukhaym. Stone reemployed (the position of inscription is overturned) on the door of a house, in Ġaḍrān. |
Link to site record |
Bauer and Lundin 1998: 8-9, fig. 58. | 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] |