Gr 50 Shibām Suḫaym 1
Bauer and Lundin 1998: 185, fig. 58
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| 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 |
TEXT
1 [...]rḥ w-bn-hmw bnw [S²s³]ʿm ʿdm bny S¹ḫymm hwṯrw w-(h)[s²qrn]
2 [byt-hmw] Ġyl b-Tʾlb Rymm w-ʾmrʾ-hmw bny S¹ḫymm w-s²[...]
3 [...] w-rṯdw byt-hmw ʿṯtr S²rqn bn kl mhbʾs¹m
TRANSLATIONS
| 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. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 28,5 cm; w. 140 cm; th. 20 cm |
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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 |
| 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. |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| 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] |