CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Measure of letters3.5
Textual typologyLegal text - fragmentary

TEXT


   1  wnʿt ymṯn w [.] yr w-s¹twḥbn f-ʾw ||
   2  hw ḥrw w-ḥṣq ʿtgs²n b-qdmy ḏn wtfn ġy [...l-w]—
   3  ld wldm w-ʿḏr ʿḏrm w-ḥln ṯʿdt myṯ w
   4  w-nbḥm ʿdy Trʿt w-s²nqn ʿdy ms²rqn
   5  [... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 28, w. 45, th. 24
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteShibām al-Ghirās / Shibām Sukhaym
Ancient siteS²bmm
Geographical areaBanī Ḥushaysh
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
NotesFrom the village of al-Gīrās, near Shibām Sukhaym. Reemployed in the southern wall of a well near the house of al-Ḥājj ʿAlī Ṣāliḥ Ḥamīd.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bauer and Lundin 1998: 23Bauer, 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]