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Sanaa-Garbini 2 Ga 6(Av)
Garbini 1973 c: pl. 4/b
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Raised | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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TEXT
1 [... ...](b)yt-hmw Rymn ʾ—
2 [...] [Tʾlb] Rymm bʿl ḏ-Mr—
3 [... ...] ḫyl w-ws²ʿn s²ʿ—
4 [b-hmw ...] ʿzyn ((ʿzyn)) ḏ-hgrn S²—
5 [bmm ...]
| 2 | ḏ-Mr... could be completed as ḏ-Mrbḍn (cf. CIH 339), sanctuary dedicated to the god Tʾlb Rymm. |
| 4 | The editor translates ʿzyn "proprietà"; it could be a theonym. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | w. 40 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Shibām al-Ghirās / Shibām Sukhaym |
| Ancient site | S²bmm |
| Geographical area | Banī Ḥushaysh |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Garbini 1970 d: 404, pl. 13/b | Garbini, Giovanni 1970. Antichità yemenite [I]. Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli, 30/3: 400-404. |
| Garbini 1973 c: 437-438, pl. 4/b | Garbini, Giovanni 1973. Note di epigrafia sabea. Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli, 33/3: 431-438. |