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Gr 75 Shibām Suḫaym 28
Bauer and Lundin 1998: 197, fig. 81 b
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 | 4 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 ʾlhb w-ʾhy-h[w ] [... ...]—
2 ʿs¹m nqzw w-[... ... b]—
3 ʿl Ḥdṯm w-b-s²ms¹-[... ...]
4 w-rṯdw mqbr-h[mw ] [... ...]—
5 bmm bn mhbʾ[s¹m ]
| 3 | Probably, in this contest the s²ms¹ word isn't the god's name, but the noun "solar deity". |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾlhb and his brother [... ...] 2 excavated and [... ...] 3 Lord of Ḥdṯm, and by [their] solar deity [... ...] 4 and they committed to the protection [their] graves [... ...] 5 against anyone causing damage [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 28,5 cm; w. 31 cm |
| 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 |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context: Tomb |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bauer and Lundin 1998: 16, figs 81 a-b | 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] |