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RES 3973 Ja 531 H; Tazzer 11+12; RW 53+54


Johannes H. Mordtmann and Eugen Mittwoch
Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 26, n. 7
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Johannes H. Mordtmann and Eugen Mittwoch
Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 26, n. 7
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Avraam G. Lundin
Lundin 1969: 18, fig. 2

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

GENERAL NOTES

Probably a text related to a tomb construction.

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ...] Ḫs¹ʾm ḏ-ʾlhn w-[ʿ]qrbm ʾdm bny S¹ḫ[ymm ... ...]
   2  [... ... b-rd]ʾ Qynn ʾlh Ḫs¹ʾm w-b-rdʾ m[r]ʾ-[hmw ... ...]
   3  [... ...] ʿṯtr S²rqn [w]-ʾlh Ḫs¹ʾm bn mh[bʾs¹m ... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 28, w. 43 (Tazzer 11); h. 28, w. 49 (Tazzer 12)
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance. Conjectural
Modern siteShibām al-Ghirās / Shibām Sukhaym
Ancient siteS²bmm
Geographical areaBanī Ḥushaysh
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
Archaeological contextFunerary context: Tomb
NotesThe inscription was reeployed in the tower-house at the beginning of the rise to the castle Ḥuṣn ḏū Marmar.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 26-28, n. 7, facsimileMordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1931. Sabäische Inschriften. Rathjens-v. Wissmannsche Südarabischen-Reise. 1. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter.
Lundin 1969: 18, fig. 2Lundin (=Loundine), Avraam G. 1969. Novye južnoarabskie nadpisi muzeja v Ṣanʿa (II). Epigrafika Vostoka, 19: 14-20.