Gr 54 Shibām Suḫaym 4
Bauer and Lundin 1998: 187, fig. 62
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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 | b: 4; w: 1 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
GENERAL NOTES
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TEXT
1 Nmrm Yfd w-bny-hw Mrṯdm w-Qh[...] w-ʿlym w-S¹ʿdʾl
2 bnw Ḫs¹ʾm ḏ-ʾlhn w-ʿqrbm ʾdm bny S¹ḫymm nqḍ—
3 w w-brʾ w-s²rʿn bʾr-hmw Tġl b-mlʾ ʾlh-
4 hmw ʾlhn w-rṯdw bʾr-hmw ʾlhn bn kl mhbʾs¹m
| 1 | Wqh[...] could be the epithet of Mrṯdm. |
| 2-3 | nqḍw // nqẓw. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Nmrm Yfd, and his sons Mrṯdm and Qh[...] and ʿlym, and S¹ʿdʾl 2 of the family Ḫs¹ʾm ḏ-ʾlhn and ʿqrbm, vassals of the family S¹ḫrymm, excavated, 3 built and erected their well Tġl with the favour of their 4 God ʾlhn. And they entrusted their well to the protection of ʾlhn against anyone who might damage. |
| Bauer and Lundin 1998: 9-10 fig. 62 | 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] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription (Gr 54) |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 23 cm; w. 1,71 cm |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Shibām al-Ghirās / Shibām Sukhaym |
| Ancient site | S²bmm |
| Geographical area | Banī Ḥushaysh |
| Country | Yemen |
| Notes | From the village of al-ʿAṣarī, near Shibām Sukhaym. |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bauer and Lundin 1998: 9-10, fig. 62. | 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] |