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Gr 95 Bāsh 10
M. Bāsalāmah
Bāsalāmah 1990: 151, fig. 52
Bāsalāmah 1990: 151, fig. 52
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 | ||
| Measure of letters | 3.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Legal text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [... ...] Kbdm ʾdm-hw bny S¹ḫymm w-ʾr(s²)w w-ʾs¹d yḫ(lnn w)rq w-ʾtwt[ ... ...]
2 [... ... ]w-ʾl s¹twḥbn bn hmt ʾrs²wn w-Ḫwln bn kl wrq w-ʾtt w-k[... ...]
3 [... ...] ṭybm w-ṣrfm w-frznm w-ḏhbm (ḏ)-(ms²s³nm) w-rbḥn l-ykwnn ʾtm[... ...]
4 [... ...]n rbḥ b-ʿly-hw b-wrḫ ʾẓlmn w-hmy (ʾl) hr(b)ḥ b-hwt wrḫ[n ... ...]
5 [... ...]ḥd ḫrfm bʿd hwt wrḫn w-hmy ʾl (f)dy f-ʾw hrbḥn l-mlʾ ḫr(f)t[... ...]
6 [... ...](bn wrq yʿhdnn )[... ...]hmy w[... ...]
| The reading cannot be entirely confirmed on the basis of the published photo. | |
| 1 | yʾlnn (Bauer and Lundin). |
| 1,2 | The reading ʾtwt at the end of line 1 and the reading ʾtt at the line 2 are not sure on the photo. |
| 2 | at the end of the line: w-ʾtwt w (Bauer and Lundin). |
| 3 | at the beginning: ymm w-ṣrfm, at the end ʾtw (Bauer and Lundin). Bāsalāma: ms²s¹nm. |
| 4 | w-wḫ instead of b-wrḫ (Bauer and Lundin); w-Hmyʾl instead of w-hmy ʾl (Bāsalāma, the same at l. 5). |
| 5 | at the beginning of the line: ḥw instead of ḥd (Bauer and Lundin); fdʾ instead of fdy (Bāsalāma). |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] Kbdm his servants, the family S¹ḫymm, and the priests and those who have authority (?) on crops and offerings (?) [... ...] 2 [... ...] and may not be claimed from those priests and Ḫawlān (anything) from all the crops and offerings (?) [... ...] 3 [... ...] gold, silver, iron and bronze that ... and the profit, may it be [... ...] 4 [... ...] profit on this, in the month of ʾẓlmn, and if it is not paid interest (or: made profit) in that month ...[... ...] 5 [... ...] for a year after this month, and if it is not paid or not paid interest for the whole year [... ...] 6 [... ...] the crops they will establish [... ...] |
| 1 | The translation "offering" for ʾtwt is suggested by Bauer and Lundin (see CIH 461, 4-5). As we have already noted the reading is not sure. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 22, w. 75. Bauer and Lundin: h. 27, w. 97, th. 21 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Shibām al-Ghirās / Shibām Sukhaym |
| Ancient site | S²bmm |
| Geographical area | Banī Ḥushaysh |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Notes | Kbdm, mentioned in the text, is the sanctuary of Tʾlb Rymm in Shibām al-Ghirās. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bāsalāmah 1990: 149, 152-153, 151 (fig. 52) | Bāsalāmah, Mohammed ʿAbdallah 1990. Šibām al-Ġirās. Sanaʿāʾ: Muʾassasa al-ʿAfīf al-Ṯaqāfiyya. |
| Bauer and Lundin 1998: 19 | Bauer, 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] |