Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 5.5 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
1-10 | Integrations by the editors. |
4 | At the end we can integrate: ʿb[d-hw. |
English | |
1 The tribe S¹mʿy, the third of Hgrm dedicated 2 to their Patron Tʾb Rymm, the Lord of 3 Kbdm, two statues in praise because 4 Tʾb granted to His servant 5 [... ...] 6 and in paise because He bestowed on them all 7 the favours they sought from Him and because 8 Tʾlb might continue to fulfil an obligation towards them [... ...] |
Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 71, w. 52, th. 41 |
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 |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple Kbdm of Tʾlb. |
Link to site record |
Bauer and Lundin 1998: 15, photos 80 a, b | 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] |