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Bāsh 8
Bāsalāmah 1990: 148, fig. 50
By kind permission of M. Bāsalāmah
By kind permission of M. Bāsalāmah
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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| Textual typology | Construction text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [... ...]r w-(b)ny-hmw Hdm ʾw(k)[... ...]
2 [... ... ]fnwt byty-hmw Ygr w-(B)[... ...]
3 [... ... Qy]nn ʾlh Ḫs¹ʾm w-b-rdʾ [... ...]
4 [... ... rṯ](d)w (m)qḥ-hmw ʿṯtr-S²rqn [... ...]
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] and their sons Hdm ʾwk[... ...] 2 [... ...] in front of their houses Ygr and B[... ...] 3 [... ...] Qynn god of Ḫs¹ʾm, and by help of [... ...] 4 [... ...] committed their completion to ʿṯtr S²rqn [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Shibām al-Ghirās / Shibām Sukhaym |
| Ancient site | S²bmm |
| Geographical area | Banī Ḥushaysh |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bāsalāmah 1990: 145, 148 (fig. 50), 149 | Bāsalāmah, Mohammed ʿAbdallah 1990. Šibām al-Ġirās. Sanaʿāʾ: Muʾassasa al-ʿAfīf al-Ṯaqāfiyya. |