Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 5 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Construction text - fragmentary |
1 | bnyw integration by the editors. |
4 | b[n kl mhbʾs¹m]: integration by the editors. |
English | |
1 [... of the fa]mily S¹ʿdnh, vassals of ʾ[... built ...] 2 [... their] house Yʿfm by the help [...] 3 [... Mʿd]krb ʾs²wʿ and the sons [...] 4 [... and committed their house Yʿf]m to Qynn god of Ḫs¹ʾm fr[om whoever may damage]. |
Support type | Stone inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 28, w. 36 |
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 |
Link to site record |
Bauer and Lundin 1998: 14, photo 73 | 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] |