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By kind permission of Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale, Rome
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By kind permission of Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale, Rome
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Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 30, fig. 10

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRaised
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters7.2
Chronology
PeriodC. Conjectural
Textual typologyConstruction text - fragmentary

TEXT

marker


   1  S¹ʿdm w-ʾḫ-hw w-(bn)[... ... ʾ]—
   2  dm bny S¹ḫymm brʾw[ ... ... b-r]—
   3  dʾ ʾmrʾ-hmw bny S¹ḫ(y)[mm]

Apparatus
1w-(bn)[y-hmw ... ...] (Jamme).

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  S¹ʿdm and his brother and [their sons? ... ... servants]
   2  of the banū S¹ḫymm, built [... ... by the]
   3  help of their lords, the banū S¹ḫymm.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositRoma, Museo Nazionale d’Arte Orientale “Giuseppe Tucci”, inv. 13017/16029
Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 28.7, w. 48.2, th. 10.5
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteShibām al-Ghirās / Shibām Sukhaym
Ancient siteS²bmm
Geographical areaBanī Ḥushaysh
CountryYemen
NotesThe inscription is said to come from Shibām al-Ghirās.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 30, fig. 10Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1931. Sabäische Inschriften. Rathjens-v. Wissmannsche Südarabischen-Reise. 1. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter.
Ansaldi 1933: fig. 94Ansaldi, Cesare 1933. Il Yemen nella storia e nella leggenda. (Collezione di opere e di monografie a cura del Ministero delle colonie, 17). Rome: Sindacato italiano arti grafiche.
Jamme 1956 a: 26-27, pl. II/415Jamme, Albert W.F. 1956. Les antiquités sud-arabes du Museo Nazionale Romano. Monumenti antichi, 43: 1-120.