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Gr 54 Shibām Suḫaym 4


Bauer and Lundin 1998: 187, fig. 62

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of lettersb: 4; w: 1
Chronology
PeriodD. Conjectural
Textual typologyConstruction text

GENERAL NOTES

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TEXT

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   1  Nmrm Yfd w-bny-hw Mrṯdm w-Qh[...] w-ʿlym w-S¹ʿdʾl
   2  bnw Ḫs¹ʾm ḏ-ʾlhn w-ʿqrbm ʾdm bny S¹ḫymm nqḍ—
   3  w w-brʾ w-s²rʿn bʾr-hmw Tġl b-mlʾ ʾlh-
   4  hmw ʾlhn w-rṯdw bʾr-hmw ʾlhn bn kl mhbʾs¹m

Apparatus
1Wqh[...] could be the epithet of Mrṯdm.
2-3nqḍw // nqẓw.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Nmrm Yfd, and his sons Mrṯdm and Qh[...] and ʿlym, and S¹ʿdʾl
   2  of the family Ḫs¹ʾm ḏ-ʾlhn and ʿqrbm, vassals of the family S¹ḫrymm, excavated,
   3  built and erected their well Tġl with the favour of their
   4  God ʾlhn. And they entrusted their well to the protection of ʾlhn against anyone who might damage.
Bauer and Lundin 1998: 9-10 fig. 62Bauer, 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]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece (Gr 54)
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 23 cm; w. 1,71 cm
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteShibām al-Ghirās / Shibām Sukhaym
Ancient siteS²bmm
Geographical areaBanī Ḥushaysh
CountryYemen
NotesFrom the village of al-ʿAṣarī, near Shibām Sukhaym.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bauer and Lundin 1998: 9-10, fig. 62.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]