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Gr 81 Shibām-Suḫaym 33


Bauer and Lundin 1998: photo 86

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 letters1.5
Chronology
PeriodC. Conjectural
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT

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   1  [...]ḥs²b bnt Ġḍr [ʾm]t ʾlhn [h]qn(yt) mrʾ-h[... ...]
   2  [...]rʿt-hw ḥg-n s²ftt-hw k-tfr[.] h[... ...]
   3  [...]n [....] s¹ʿd-hmw nʿmtm w-(w)[... ...]
   4  [...] wld-h w-wfy-h w-wfy ʾḥṣn-h[ .... w-l-ḫryn-h]
   5  [bn bʾ]s¹tm w-[nkym] w-nḍʿ s²n(ʾm)

Apparatus
3Before s¹ʿd-hmw the editors read ms¹lḥn (non attested elsewhere). Perhaps we can read ʾlhn wrongly written by the scribe.
At the end the editors: w-(ʿ)[... ...], but perhaps: w-(w)[fym ...].

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [...]ḥs²b, daughter of Ġḍr, servant of ʾlhn, dedicated to her Lord [... ...]
   2  [... ...] as she had promised Him [... ...]
   3  [... ...] He granted them favour and [... ...]
   4  [... ...] her children, her safety and the safety of her vassals [... ...]
   5  [might He deliver her] from misfortune and mischief and harm of any enemy.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 11.3, w. 23
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteShibām al-Ghirās / Shibām Sukhaym
Ancient siteS²bmm
Geographical areaBanī Ḥushaysh
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
Archaeological contextReligious context
NotesFrom the village of al-Gīrās, near Shibām Sukhaym.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bauer and Lundin 1998: 17, photo 86Bauer, 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]