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Gr 62 Shibām Suḫaym 12
Bauer and Lundin 1998: 191, fig. 69
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
GENERAL NOTES
| The text is identical to that of RES 4659. |
TEXT
1 [...]t w-Bfrm w-S²mr w[...]
2 w-S²krm bnw ʿfs²m [ʾdm bny S¹]—
3 ḫymm hqnyw mrʾ [-hmw Qynn]
4 ʾlh Ḫs¹ʾm w-ʾmwt [ṣlmtynn]
5 l-s¹ʿ dhmw nʿmtm w-[wfym w-r]—
6 ḍw ʾmrʿ-hmw bn S¹ḫy[mm w-s²ʿb-hmw]
| 2-6 | Integrations on the basis of RES 4659. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [...] and Bfrm and S²mr and [...] 2 and S²krm of the family ʿfs²m [vassals of the family S¹]- 3 ḫymm dedicated to their lord [Qynn], 4 God of Ḫs¹ʾm and ʾmwt, [two statues]; 5 may He grant them prosperity [and safety and good-] 6 will of their lords, the family S¹ḫy[mm and their tribe]. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 30; w. 29 |
| 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 | Religious context: Temple of the god Qynn |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bauer and Lundin 1998: 13, fig. 69 | 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] |