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Bāsh 2 RES 3977


Bāsalāmah 1990: 140, fig. 44
By kind permission of M. Bāsalāmah
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Bāsalāmah 1990: 140, fig. 44
By kind permission of M. Bāsalāmah
photo
Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 31 (photo)

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodC. Conjectural
Textual typologyConstruction text

TEXT

marker


   1  [..]ḥm w-ʾḫy-hw S¹ʿd w-Rbs²ms¹—
   2  [m ]w-bn-hmw bnw Btʿt ʾdm bny
   3  [S¹ḫ]ymm bnyw byt-hmw b-rdʾ s²ym-h—
   4  [m]w Tʾlb w-ʾmrʾ-hm[w bny S¹](ḫ)ymm

Apparatus
1[S²r]ḥm (Mordtmann and Mittwoch).

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [..]ḫm and his brothers S¹ʿd and Rbs²ms¹m
   2  and their sons banū Btʿt, vassals of the banū
   3  S¹ḫymm, built their house, by the help of their patron
   4  Tʾlb and their lords the banū S¹ḫymm.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteShibām al-Ghirās / Shibām Sukhaym
Ancient siteS²bmm
Geographical areaBanī Ḥushaysh
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 31 (photo)Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1931. Sabäische Inschriften. Rathjens-v. Wissmannsche Südarabischen-Reise. 1. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter.
Bāsalāmah 1990: 138, fig. 44Bāsalāmah, Mohammed ʿAbdallah 1990. Šibām al-Ġirās. Sanaʿāʾ: Muʾassasa al-ʿAfīf al-Ṯaqāfiyya.