CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Bauer and Lundin 1998: 185, fig. 58
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SUPPORT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 28,5 cm; w. 140 cm; th. 20 cm
Chronology
PeriodLate
Notes on support and decorationsGrey limestone

ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteShibām al-Ghirās / Shibām Sukhaym
Ancient siteS²bmm
Geographical areaBanī Ḥushaysh
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
NotesFrom 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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EPIGRAPHS

TitleGr 50
ConcordanceShibām Suḫaym 1
LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bauer and Lundin 1998: 9-10 fig. 58Bauer, 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]