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Gr 59 Shibām-Suḫaym 9
Bauer and Lundin 1998: photo 66
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 | 3-3.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 s¹[...]ḏ[.r[...b]—
2 nyw w-h[wṯrn ... ...] ((w-h[qs²bn ... ...] ))
3 m[.]ḏy[.]q[.]m[... ...]
4 m w-b-mrʾ-h[mw ... ... w-rṯdw]
5 [ʿ]ṯtr S²rqn w-Tʾlb bn[ kl mhbʾs¹m ... ...]
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] they built 2 and laid foundations (or: constructed) [... ...] 3 [... ...] 4 and by their lords... [and committed to] 5 ʿṯtr S²rqn and Tʾlb from [whoever may damage ...]. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 35, w. 37 |
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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 |
| Notes | From the village of Biʾr az-Zuqayma, near Shibām Sukhaym. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bauer and Lundin 1998: 12, photo 66 | 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] |