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Bāsh 9
Bāsalāmah 1990: 150, fig. 51
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 | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Legal text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [... ...]nhm s²ʿbn ḏ-S²(b)[mm ... ...]
2 [... ...] ʾbʿl S²bmm w-(b)[... ...]
3 [... ...] ʾṯln((ʾṯln)) w-kwn ḏn wtfn [... ...]
4 [... ...ḏ-ḫ]rf Whbs²ms¹ bn ʾ(b)[... ...]
| 3 | ʾṯln is attested in ʿAbadān 1 as a name of place. |
| 4 | b-ḫrf is also possible. |
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: 149, 150 (fig. 51) | Bāsalāmah, Mohammed ʿAbdallah 1990. Šibām al-Ġirās. Sanaʿāʾ: Muʾassasa al-ʿAfīf al-Ṯaqāfiyya. |